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Adding files to Subversion

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

I picked up this tip when I was beginning to work with Ruby on Rails and Subversion. I added the following alias to my .profile file

alias svnaddall=’svn status | grep “^\?” | awk “{print \$2}” | xargs svn add’


This command takes all files in the present directory and flags them to be added in the next commit. This saves adding each of the files one-by-one. You don’t just have to use the command for Rails either- use it for everything. I do!

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Is Wikipedia the new Google?

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Like most people I often have to search for information on the internet. My search engine of choice has for a long time been Google (link), more often than not it finds what I need in fractions of a second. But having a list of possible sources is just one step in the research process. The next steps often include sorting through the various sources, discarding results that are irrelevant and deciding upon the bias of the author.

However, I think I may have come up with a solution that cuts down on my search time dramatically. If I ever need easily understandable information I head for wikipedia (link). It is mostly well written, and generally up to date- plus there are external links if I want to continue looking into the topic. This doesn’t help with the author bias problem, but I’m hoping the peer review element will help.

I still use google for searching for precise information, although if what I want is general information then wikipedia gets my vote!

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