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import os, sys
markdown_name = sys.argv[1]
name = markdown_name.split(".")[0]
latex_name = name + ".tex"
os.system("pandoc -f markdown -t latex %s -o %s" % (markdown_name, latex_name))
with open(latex_name, "r") as latex_file:
latex_content = latex_file.read()
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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: