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@bakana808
bakana808 / gist:a9e07c1f0bfe193f47fe
Last active March 15, 2022 06:38
GitHub For Windows "Open with Git Bash" Context Menu Script

GitHub For Windows "Open with Git Bash" Context Menu Script

Here's instructions to add a "Open with Git Bash" option to your context menu using the Git Bash that comes with GitHub for Windows.

Here's the registry script to add the option in. Because the installation paths for GitHub for Windows varies from user to user, I will go over which lines to change so that this script works for you.

Copy this script into your favorite text editor.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
@pkuczynski
pkuczynski / LICENSE
Last active March 14, 2025 14:12
Read YAML file from Bash script
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2014 Piotr Kuczynski
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWAR
@sloria
sloria / bobp-python.md
Last active April 27, 2025 07:06
A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

  • "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
  • "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
@shovon
shovon / README.md
Last active April 18, 2019 08:37
An install script for LLVM and Clang v3.2.

Installing LLVM and Clang v3.2 on OS X

I'm assuming you need this version for Emscripten.

Don't worry, this script will not override your current installation of LLVM and Clang.

Be sure that you have:

  • read this README file
  • read this README file
@ovatsus
ovatsus / Setup.fsx
Created March 17, 2012 17:07
Script to setup F# Interactive session, loading everything in the current solution
#r "System.Xml.Linq"
open System
open System.IO
open System.Xml.Linq
let script = seq {
//TODO: this currently loads fsproj's in alphabeticall order, we should instead
//build the dependencies graph of the fsproj's and load them in topological sort order