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Creating patch files with git

Git has a built in way to create patches and Github has a great write up on this. The git format-patch command is useful if all your changes are committed and you want to create a patch of certain commits. … Continue reading

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Updating the locate database on OSX

locate is a very handy command to find files on the system. It is much faster than find since it keeps a database of all the system files. This database is periodically updated, but if you want to update it … Continue reading

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Integrating JSLint for vim

A couple of months ago I moved away from TextMate and started using vim for most of my text editing needs. I love TextMate, but I needed a powerful text editor that is also available on other operating systems. Overall … Continue reading

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Upgrading the Subversion command line client on Mac OSX Leopard

UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, I found a couple of other ways of upgrading the Subversion command line client. One option is to install the package via MacPorts or Homebrew. If you use Homebrew, you probably don’t have to … Continue reading

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