Category Archives: git

a simple script to organize downloads

Description Organize all files in a given folder by date. This is commonly used to organize a “Downloads” folder. Currently this script will only move files more than 24 hours old. This is to protect against moving a file as it is downloaded. Motivation I love SafariStand. One of the features that I love is the sort-downloads-by-date [...]
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Mac OS X color showing ESC[whatever for git-diff colors (and more)

Since my upgrade to OS X 10.5 I have been having a terrible time getting colors to work with git. Originally I was using OS X 10.5.4, git version 1.5.3.1, and iTerm or Terminal.app. $TERM=xterm or xterm-color. I have color with PS1, ls, vim and most git tasks. However, git diff (or git show) always screws [...]
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RailsConf08: 23 Hacks

Nathaniel Talbott (from Terralien) gave a great talk on a number of interesting hacks in ruby. There was one in particular that I want to focus on here: gitjour. Gitjour is a fun and novel app that will discover git repositories on a local network via Bonjour. It’s hardly going to change your life, but [...]
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