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joechrysler / who_is_my_mummy.sh
Last active March 31, 2025 06:40
Find the nearest parent branch of the current git branch
#!/usr/bin/env zsh
git show-branch -a \
| grep '\*' \
| grep -v `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` \
| head -n1 \
| sed 's/.*\[\(.*\)\].*/\1/' \
| sed 's/[\^~].*//'
# How it works:
@piscisaureus
piscisaureus / pr.md
Created August 13, 2012 16:12
Checkout github pull requests locally

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

@technoweenie
technoweenie / gist:1072829
Created July 8, 2011 21:12
.netrc file so you can push/pull to https git repos without entering your creds all the time
machine github.com
login technoweenie
password SECRET
machine api.github.com
login technoweenie
password SECRET
@pklaus
pklaus / tunnelbroker-net.sh
Last active September 17, 2024 08:12
tunnelbroker.net automatic tunnel IP update and tunnel setup (on Mac OS X)
#!/bin/bash
#### This script is published by Philipp Klaus <[email protected]>
#### on <http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/05/ipv6-6in4-tunnel-via-hurricane-electric-tunnelbroker-net-automatic-ip-update-on-mac-os-x/>
#### It is originally by freese60 and modified by limemonkey.
#### Found on <http://www.tunnelbroker.net/forums/index.php?topic=287.0>
### Uncomment this line to debug the script:
#set -x
@matthewmccullough
matthewmccullough / .zshrc
Created January 20, 2011 00:00
A configuration to maintain history across sessions and share it across terminals in ZShell
##############################################################################
# History Configuration
##############################################################################
HISTSIZE=5000 #How many lines of history to keep in memory
HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history #Where to save history to disk
SAVEHIST=5000 #Number of history entries to save to disk
#HISTDUP=erase #Erase duplicates in the history file
setopt appendhistory #Append history to the history file (no overwriting)
setopt sharehistory #Share history across terminals
setopt incappendhistory #Immediately append to the history file, not just when a term is killed