... So it looks like -x only accepts one pattern as you report but if you put all the patterns you want to exclude in a file (presumably one per line) you could use the second flag like so: $ diff /destination/dir/1 /destination/dir/2 -r -X exclude.pats where exclude.pats is: *.jpg *.JPG *.xml *.XM...

... git pull code $ rm -rf code/code $ rm -rf code/.git $ git pull figures --allow-unrelated-histories $ rm -rf figures/figures $ rm -rf figures/.git $ git pull thesis --allow-unrelated-histories $ rm -rf thesis/thesis $ rm -rf thesis/.git Finally, you should now have what you wanted: phd |_.git...

... Most of what you do in programming all day is combining some functions together to build bigger functions from them. Usually you have not only functions in your toolbox but also other things like operators, variable assignments and the like, but generally your...

... @KimPrince - According to kernel.org, "-A --all Like -u, but match <filepattern> against files in the working tree in addition to the index. That means that it will find new files as well as staging modified content and removing files that are no longer in the wo...

Is there a way to have IPython automatically reload all changed code? Either before each line is executed in the shell or failing that when it is specifically requested to. I'm doing a lot of exploratory programming using IPython and SciPy and it's quite a pain to have to manually reload each module...

As we program, we all develop practices and patterns that we use and rely on. However, over time, as our understanding, maturity, and even technology usage changes, we come to realize that some practices that we once thought were great are not (or no longer apply). ...

...what a metaclass is, don't worry about it. :-) – kindall Dec 8 '10 at 0:15 1 The linked tutorial ...

How do I turn on all error and warnings and log them to a file, but to set up all of that within the script (not changing anything in php.ini)? ...

...d you store. (This is quite a common misunderstanding.) Use a cryptographically secure random number generator. Choose a long enough salt. Think about the birthday problem. There's an excellent answer by Dave Sherohman to another question why you should use randomly generated salts instead of a us...

...mand changes the hashes of your commits which can be a real problem, especially on shared repositories. It should not be performed without understanding the consequences. share | improve this answer...