Dan Petitt danpetitt

Full stack remote working engineer, co-founder of Digiguide.tv, Engineering Manager for the PA Media Group.

danpetitt / git.md

Created June 30, 2023 11:42

Git on WSL sometimes get files with file permissions changed

Sometimes, when using Windows WSL to edit projects, Git will report a file permissions change.

You cannot fix, change, remove or do anything with these files and it causes issues when pulling.

Just do this:

git config core.filemode false

danpetitt / sql-tips.md

Last active October 19, 2025 21:03

SQL Server Tips

danpetitt / terraform.md

Created September 12, 2023 17:53

Terraform Azure Issues

azurerm_mssql_virtual_machine

If you get the error "The specified certificate ... does not exist in the master database" then you may find the encryption password was set too long; I got this error when I tried to set a 128 character password, but it worked when I dropped down to 64 characters.
If you get the error "Invalid Default File Path" it may be because you need to start your additional attached drives at letter F, not E

danpetitt / markdown-tips.md

Last active September 14, 2024 20:09

GitHub Markdown Updates

Note

Highlights information that users should take into account, even when skimming.

> [!NOTE]  
> Highlights information that users should take into account, even when skimming.

Tip

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