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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:

@jbenet
jbenet / simple-git-branching-model.md
Last active November 9, 2024 04:55
a simple git branching model

a simple git branching model (written in 2013)

This is a very simple git workflow. It (and variants) is in use by many people. I settled on it after using it very effectively at Athena. GitHub does something similar; Zach Holman mentioned it in this talk.

Update: Woah, thanks for all the attention. Didn't expect this simple rant to get popular.

@0XDE57
0XDE57 / config.md
Last active October 20, 2024 13:07
Firefox about:config privacy settings

ABOUT

about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable. I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (HTTPS Everywhere No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

@mikoim
mikoim / README.md
Last active November 14, 2024 02:07
[Updated! Aug 14 2020] YouTube recommended encoding settings on ffmpeg (+ libx264)

Parameters

Container: MP4

Parameter YouTube recommends setting
-movflags faststart moov atom at the front of the file (Fast Start)

Video codec: H.264

@enzinier
enzinier / install_font_adobe_source_code_pro.sh
Created March 4, 2017 03:38
Install font Adobe Source Code Pro on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
#!/bin/sh
# Userland mode (~$USER/), (~/).
# ~/.fonts is now deprecated and that
#FONT_HOME=~/.fonts
# ~/.local/share/fonts should be used instead
FONT_HOME=~/.local/share/fonts
echo "installing fonts at $PWD to $FONT_HOME"
mkdir -p "$FONT_HOME/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro"
@Brainiarc7
Brainiarc7 / skylake-tuning-linux.md
Last active October 21, 2024 21:31
This gist will show you how to tune your Intel-based Skylake, Kabylake and beyond Integrated Graphics Core for performance and reliability through GuC and HuC firmware usage on Linux.

Tuning Intel Skylake and beyond for optimal performance and feature level support on Linux:

Note that on Skylake, Kabylake (and the now cancelled "Broxton") SKUs, functionality such as power saving, GPU scheduling and HDMI audio have been moved onto binary-only firmware, and as such, the GuC and the HuC blobs must be loaded at run-time to access this functionality.

Enabling GuC and HuC on Skylake and above requires a few extra parameters be passed to the kernel before boot.

Instructions provided for both Fedora and Ubuntu (including Debian):

Note that the firmware for these GPUs is often packaged by your distributor, and as such, you can confirm the firmware blob's availability by running:

@troyfontaine
troyfontaine / 1-setup.md
Last active November 16, 2024 15:04
Signing your Git Commits on MacOS

Methods of Signing Git Commits on MacOS

Last updated March 13, 2024

This Gist explains how to sign commits using gpg in a step-by-step fashion. Previously, krypt.co was heavily mentioned, but I've only recently learned they were acquired by Akamai and no longer update their previous free products. Those mentions have been removed.

Additionally, 1Password now supports signing Git commits with SSH keys and makes it pretty easy-plus you can easily configure Git Tower to use it for both signing and ssh.

For using a GUI-based GIT tool such as Tower or Github Desktop, follow the steps here for signing your commits with GPG.

@IanColdwater
IanColdwater / twittermute.txt
Last active October 13, 2024 04:40
Here are some terms to mute on Twitter to clean your timeline up a bit.
Mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords
ActivityTweet
generic_activity_highlights
generic_activity_momentsbreaking
RankedOrganicTweet
suggest_activity
suggest_activity_feed
suggest_activity_highlights
suggest_activity_tweet
@april
april / arena-macos-fixes.sh
Last active November 16, 2024 17:57
Fixes Magic Arena's broken full screen implementation on macOS
# this forces Arena into full screen mode on startup, set back to 3 to reset
# note that if you go into the Arena "Graphics" preference panel, it will reset all of these
# and you will need to run these commands again
defaults write com.wizards.mtga "Screenmanager Fullscreen mode" -integer 0
defaults write com.wizards.mtga "Screenmanager Resolution Use Native" -integer 0
# you can also replace the long complicated integer bit with any other scaled 16:9
# resolution your system supports.
# to find the scaled resolutions, go to System Preferences --> Display and then
# divide the width by 16 and multiple by 9. on my personal system this ends up
@deepbrook
deepbrook / ironwood-master.yml
Last active October 15, 2020 14:42
OpenEDX Devstack Setup Ansible Playbooks
# usage:
# ansible-playbook juniper-master.yml
#
# Overwrite variables set in `vars` below by using the `-e/--extra-vars` flag.
#
# Installs devstack into the playbook's directory - overwrite by passing `-e install_dir=<your_dir>`.
---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
connection: local
become: false