diff --git a/01_version_control/git_basics_demo.md b/01_version_control/git_basics_demo.md
index 62f59ed0..1fe46bdb 100644
--- a/01_version_control/git_basics_demo.md
+++ b/01_version_control/git_basics_demo.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     - many more
     - often, more than just hosting, also DevOps
 
-- Give outlook on remainder of Git chapter: *How I work with Git*, quiz, advanced topics (workflows, rebase, standards), *my neat little Git trick*
+- Give outlook on remainder of Git chapter: *How I work with Git*, *my neat little Git trick*, advanced topics (workflows, rebase, standards)
 
 ## How I work with Git
 
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ Starting remarks:
     - have a look at an existing PR, look at all tabs, show suggestion feature
     - but sometimes we want to really build and try sth out ...
     - `git remote -v`
-    - `git remote add alex git@github.com:ajaust/precice.git` if I don't have remote already (or somebody else)
-    - `git fetch alex`
-    - `git checkout -t alex/[branch-name]`
-    - I could now also push to `ajaust`'s remote
+    - `git remote add [remote-name] git@github.com:[remote-name]/precice.git` if I don't have remote already (or somebody else)
+    - `git fetch [remote-name]`
+    - `git checkout -t [remote-name]/[branch-name]`
+    - I could now also push to `[remote-name]`'s remote
 
 - (8) GitHub CLI
     - `git push -u ...` and `git pull -t ...` maybe hard to remember at first.
diff --git a/01_version_control/git_exercise.md b/01_version_control/git_exercise.md
index 31e08780..ee0a8ea9 100644
--- a/01_version_control/git_exercise.md
+++ b/01_version_control/git_exercise.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Exercise: Git Workflows
 
-Deadline: **Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 9:00**
+Deadline: **Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 9:00**
 
 ## Preparation
 
diff --git a/01_version_control/merge_rebase_slides.md b/01_version_control/merge_rebase_slides.md
index 8426038a..0fbc5602 100644
--- a/01_version_control/merge_rebase_slides.md
+++ b/01_version_control/merge_rebase_slides.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ We use here:
     - Create a merge commit
     - Squash and merge
     - Rebase and merge
-- Look at a PR together, e.g. [PR 2113 from preCICE](https://github.com/precice/precice/pull/2113) (will be closed eventually)
+- Look at a PR together, e.g. [PR 2346 from preCICE](https://github.com/precice/precice/pull/2346) (will be closed eventually)
 
 > What do the options do?
 
diff --git a/01_version_control/my_favorite_neat_little_git_trick_demo.md b/01_version_control/my_favorite_neat_little_git_trick_demo.md
index d5381f0e..3f5eecbb 100644
--- a/01_version_control/my_favorite_neat_little_git_trick_demo.md
+++ b/01_version_control/my_favorite_neat_little_git_trick_demo.md
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
 - Preparation should not take longer than 15 mins, should be a demo.
 - Lecturers also prepare some.
 
+## Tricks from Winter Team 2025/26
+
+- Click on line number on GitHub and then `blame` to study history of file
+- GitHub uses [gitignore templates](https://github.com/github/gitignore) if you create a `.gitignore` file from GitHub
+- To get a nice compact `git log`, you can add the following to your `gitconfig`:
+
+    ```
+    [format]
+            pretty = format:%C(auto,yellow)%h %C(auto,blue)%>(12,trunc)%ad %C(auto,green)%<(20,trunc)%aN%C(auto,reset)%s%C(auto,red)% gD% D
+    ```
+
 ## Tricks from Winter Term 2024/25
 
 - Click on line number on GitHub and then `blame` to study history of file