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chrismccoy / gitcheats.txt
Last active February 27, 2025 15:51
git cheats
# alias to edit commit messages without using rebase interactive
# example: git reword commithash message
reword = "!f() {\n GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=\"sed -i 1s/^pick/reword/\" GIT_EDITOR=\"printf \\\"%s\\n\\\" \\\"$2\\\" >\" git rebase -i \"$1^\";\n git push -f;\n}; f"
# aliases to change a git repo from private to public, and public to private using gh-cli
alias gitpublic="gh repo edit --accept-visibility-change-consequences --visibility public"
alias gitprivate="gh repo edit --accept-visibility-change-consequences --visibility private"
# delete all your repos using gh-cli (please do not run this unless you want to delete all your repos)
gh repo list --limit 300 --json url -q '.[].url' | xargs -n1 gh repo delete --yes
@edsu
edsu / wikichanges.js
Created January 21, 2014 14:53
paste this in your browser's console window and smoke it :-)
var w = new EventSource("https://wikipedia-edits.herokuapp.com/sse");
w.onmessage = function(event) {
change = JSON.parse(event.data);
console.log(change);
}
@julionc
julionc / 00.howto_install_phantomjs.md
Last active March 24, 2025 17:27
How to install PhantomJS on Debian/Ubuntu

How to install PhantomJS on Ubuntu

Version: 1.9.8

Platform: x86_64

First, install or update to the latest system software.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev
@dypsilon
dypsilon / frontendDevlopmentBookmarks.md
Last active April 20, 2025 23:00
A badass list of frontend development resources I collected over time.
@domenic
domenic / promises.md
Last active April 1, 2025 01:54
You're Missing the Point of Promises

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.
@juanje
juanje / gist:3081998
Created July 10, 2012 08:21
A simple Logstash conffile with a custom grok filter
input {
tcp {
type => "linux-syslog"
port => 3333
}
file {
type => "linux-syslog"
path => [ "/var/log/auth.log" ]
}
@ScottPhillips
ScottPhillips / .htaccess
Created February 2, 2012 04:30
Common .htaccess Redirects
#301 Redirects for .htaccess
#Redirect a single page:
Redirect 301 /pagename.php http://www.domain.com/pagename.html
#Redirect an entire site:
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/
#Redirect an entire site to a sub folder
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/subfolder/