Setting up an Ansible dev environment
I do a lot of dev work using my Ansible virtual infrastructure role to spin up various KVM guests across multiple hosts using YAML based inventories. I’ve just put my […]
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Install newer git from software collections and enable globally
Work on Linux almost always means git for me, but the version provided by CentOS and RHEL is too old. Software collections is a convenient way to get a newer […]
Read moreGit hook to help with OpenStack development
I wrote a small Git hook which may be useful in helping OpenStack devs run tests (and any script they like) before a commit is made (see Superuser magazine article). […]
Read moreProviding git:// (protocol) access to repos using GitLab
I mirror a bunch of open source projects in a local GitLab instance which works well. By default, GitLab only provides https and ssh access to repositories, which can be […]
Read moreMirroring git repositories (to GitLab)
There are several open source git repos that I mirror in order to provide local speedy access to. Pushing those to a local GitLab server also means people can easily […]
Read morePermanently fixing permissions on a shared git repo
When creating a shared git repository (perhaps on a central server) it’s good to use the –shared option: git init –bare –shared If you don’t, then you may find that […]
Read moreDelete local and remote git branches
Just a quick one for reference.. Deleting one or more local branches is trivial: git branch –delete branch branch2 However if you want to delete regardless of the merge state: […]
Read moreUsing Git with Vim
Matt just sent me an article on using Git with Vim, which looks pretty awesome. Git.vim is a more comprehensive plugin that allows the user to perform a lot more […]
Read moreSourceforging ahead
At work we develop two open source Java applications, Xena and DPR, both of which we host on Sourceforge under CVS. I’ve been pushing to move away from CVS for […]
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