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Difference between tilde(~) and caret(^) in package.json

According the NPM and semver docs,

• ~version - "Approximately equivalent to version", see semver.

  It does not increment the minor version

For example,

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Managing shell history with historian

historian is a command-line utility for managing shell history using an SQLite database.

~/.bash_history is deduped and imported into a database.

Setup

1. Add to PATH

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How to Upgrade PostGIS

You can run the SQL below to upgrade your PostGIS extension:

-- If you are upgrading from PostGIS 2.5 or later
-- and want the latest installed version
SELECT postgis_extensions_upgrade();

-- If you are upgrading from an earlier version

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React component property dependency

If you have one or more React component properties that depend on another, you can define the typechecks with the dependency between them by using a validation function as follows:

import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

//...   

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How to fix error: type "geometry" does not exist

The error Error: type "geometry" does not exist is sometimes encountered whilst working with Postgres databases.

You can easily fix this by following the following steps:

1. Update your database search path.

ALTER DATABASE SET search_path=public,postgis;

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test.each`
    dateStr                                  |   result
    ${'December 17, 1995 03:24:00'}          |   ${'1995-12-17'}
    ${'March 5, 1998 03:24:00'}              |   ${'1998-03-05'}
    ${'1995-12-17T03:24:00'}                 |   ${'1995-12-17'}
    ${628021800000}                          |   ${'1995-12-17'}
`('returns friendly date', ({ dateStr, result }) => {
    expect(
        getFriendlyDate(new Date(dateStr))
    ).toEqual(result)

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How to set a mock date in Jest

To mock a date in Jest, we can use the useFakeTimers and setSysttemTime methods.

jest
  .useFakeTimers('modern')
  .setSystemTime(new Date('2020-08-09'));

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Bash Tips

List all local users

cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd

Change file permissions

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Decrypt/Encrypt with Ansible vault

Pre-requisites

Ensure that ansible has been installed

ansible --version

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Ubuntu Notes

Install Python 2 on Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt install python2

python2 -V