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@cmatskas
cmatskas / detached-head-merge.ps1
Created August 22, 2015 21:55
Git merge detached head
$git checkout –b temp #makes a new branch from current detached HEAD
$git branch –f master temp #update master to point to the new <temp> branch
$git branch –d temp #delete the <temp> branch
$git push origin master #push the re-established history
@iNaD
iNaD / request_no_curl.php
Last active February 29, 2024 09:37
Sending a GET/POST Request via PHP without CURL (fopen needs to be enabled)
<?php
$url = 'http://server.com/path';
$data = array('key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2');
// use key 'http' even if you send the request to https://...
$options = array(
'http' => array(
'header' => "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n",
'method' => 'POST',
'content' => http_build_query($data),
@Kartones
Kartones / postgres-cheatsheet.md
Last active October 19, 2025 14:22
PostgreSQL command line cheatsheet

PSQL

Magic words:

psql -U postgres

Some interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):

  • -E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)
  • -l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)
@Chaser324
Chaser324 / GitHub-Forking.md
Last active October 3, 2025 10:01
GitHub Standard Fork & Pull Request Workflow

Whether you're trying to give back to the open source community or collaborating on your own projects, knowing how to properly fork and generate pull requests is essential. Unfortunately, it's quite easy to make mistakes or not know what you should do when you're initially learning the process. I know that I certainly had considerable initial trouble with it, and I found a lot of the information on GitHub and around the internet to be rather piecemeal and incomplete - part of the process described here, another there, common hangups in a different place, and so on.

In an attempt to coallate this information for myself and others, this short tutorial is what I've found to be fairly standard procedure for creating a fork, doing your work, issuing a pull request, and merging that pull request back into the original project.

Creating a Fork

Just head over to the GitHub page and click the "Fork" button. It's just that simple. Once you've done that, you can use your favorite git client to clone your repo or j

@marceloag
marceloag / FontAwesome CDN
Last active January 31, 2023 17:01
FontAwesome CDN
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
@maccath
maccath / gist:3981205
Created October 30, 2012 16:09
Split PDF to individual pages using FPDI and FPDF
<?php
/**
* Split PDF file
*
* <p>Split all of the pages from a larger PDF files into
* single-page PDF files.</p>
*
* @package FPDF required http://www.fpdf.org/
* @package FPDI required http://www.setasign.de/products/pdf-php-solutions/fpdi/