I am using Git a lot these days. Git is arguably the best version control software out there especially for collaborative projects.
Tag: commands
Simple guide to Github
Love this simple and well illustrated guide to some github basics: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
Find large files on a Mac using Terminal
Every few days, I had an issue where my startup disk was full and emptying the trash just wasn’t doing enough.
I found the following command online that searches a file system for files over 500MB and prints the file path. It identified files I had totally forgotten about as well as some huge files generated by apps I no longer used.
sudo find / -size +500000 -print
I then used the rm command to delete files. When deleting entire directories I used the recursive flag (be careful!)
rm -rf <directory path>
Kudos to davidcraddock.net
How to set revision number to svn external
SVN externals allow to include (nest) a remote SVN repository into another SVN repository. They are a great way to keep the latest code from another repository without having to do much.
One thing you will need to do is tell svn what revision of this remote SVN repository to load. To do that, do the following.
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Command Line Shortcuts
Excellent post from one of my favourite sites – Become a command line ninja with these time saving shortcuts
Using Terminal Screen Command
This is a simple one. For some reason, every time I use the screen command in terminal, I forget the commands.
There are probably lots of cool reasons to use screen but I use it to run a script over a longish period. The advantage of screen is I can start the script in the screen instance and detach from it. I can close my laptop and return later to my terminal, open my screen and check the progress of the script. Also, you can run multiple instances of a script as each screen has its own process.
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