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Get twitter @replies on your phone with pingie and summize

While twitter is out repairing its architecture, they seem to have turned off the track feature. track used to be an incredibly useful feature that is very well hidden as a twitter command instead of a part of their UI (epic design fail, or maybe they want it this way). Here’s how to use a [...]

Git rm pending files

If you’ve deleted a bunch of files in your directory, here’s a handy bash alias to git rm the changes into your index.

alias gitrm=”git stat | grep deleted | awk ‘{print $3}’ | xargs git rm”

Update: turns out git add -u takes care of deleted files.

Helpful shortcuts for git svn

Tired of having to stash your changes when you want to grab the latest from svn or want to dcommit one file while keeping others in your working tree?
In your bash profile:

alias svnpull=’git stash && git svn rebase && git stash apply’
alias svnpush=’git stash && git svn dcommit && git stash apply’

Git tips & tricks part 4: more on cherry picking

In my previous post I discussed how it was possible to merge individual changes from one branch to another. At that time I mentioned using the log on the original branch to figure out which changes were available to merge, but it turns out there’s an easier way.
Let’s say you made some changes in local-trunk [...]

Git tips and tricks part 3: working with svn branches and cherry-pick

After several weeks of git usage, I’ve developed a nice workflow. First, we’ll start with working with several svn branches via git.
Working with svn branches via git
Assuming you’ve properly cloned your svn repository, you should have your trunk and remote branches fetched from svn. You can see the remote branches via
git branch -r
If you [...]

Useful git commands and quirks

Things I’ve learned from my first git experiences. First of all, git is inconsistent as hell. Every command has its own quirks and syntax, so I’m attempting to catalog some of them here. We’ve been using git svn at Planypus as a way to maintain local developer branches and still push to our svn as [...]

Mail.app: quickfind your reply

Maybe I’m just obtuse but I accidentally discovered this awesome Mail.app feature today only after a year of using it :-). You know the little arrow that indicates that you replied to an email? Well it turns out it’s not just an indicator…if you mouse over it, it highlights and clicking on it takes [...]