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@kylefox
kylefox / gist:4512777
Created January 11, 2013 18:15
If you want to use Xcode's FileMerge as your git mergetool, this is how you set it up.
# Tell system when Xcode utilities live:
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
# Set "opendiff" as the default mergetool globally:
git config --global merge.tool opendiff
@karlwestin
karlwestin / gist:3163157
Created July 23, 2012 11:24
throttling a window.scroll handler for better performance
// underscore's throttle-metod
var throttle = function(func, wait) {
var context, args, timeout, throttling, more, result;
var whenDone = _.debounce(function(){ more = throttling = false; }, wait);
return function() {
context = this; args = arguments;
var later = function() {
timeout = null;
if (more) func.apply(context, args);
@canton7
canton7 / 0main.md
Last active January 17, 2025 06:09
Local versions of tracked config files

How to have local versions of tracked config files in git

This is a fairly common question, and there isn't a One True Answer.

These are the most common techniques:

If you can modify your application

@artero
artero / launch_sublime_from_terminal.markdown
Last active September 12, 2024 02:13 — forked from olivierlacan/launch_sublime_from_terminal.markdown
Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Launch Sublime Text 2 from the Mac OS X Terminal

Sublime Text 2 ships with a CLI called subl (why not "sublime", go figure). This utility is hidden in the following folder (assuming you installed Sublime in /Applications like normal folk. If this following line opens Sublime Text for you, then bingo, you're ready.

open /Applications/Sublime\ Text\ 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl

You can find more (official) details about subl here: http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/osx_command_line.html

Installation

@hallettj
hallettj / global-variables-are-bad.js
Created February 14, 2009 21:15
How and why to avoid global variables in JavaScript
// It is important to declare your variables.
(function() {
var foo = 'Hello, world!';
print(foo); //=> Hello, world!
})();
// Because if you don't, the become global variables.
(function() {