dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

marktheunissen

This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.

ryin

#!/bin/bash

# Script for installing tmux on systems where you don't have root access.
# tmux will be installed in $HOME/local/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

TMUX_VERSION=1.8

robertpainsi

How to reopen a pull-request after a force-push?

Precodinitions

• You need the rights to reopen pull requests on the repository.
• The pull request hasn't been merged, just closed.

Instructions

1. Write down the current commit hash of your PR-branch git log --oneline -1 <PR-BRANCH>
2. Write down the latest commit hash on github before the PR has been closed.
3. git push -f origin :

rothgar

# Idempotent way to build a /etc/hosts file with Ansible using your Ansible hosts inventory for a source.
# Will include all hosts the playbook is run on.
# Inspired from http://xmeblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/ansible-dynamicaly-update-etchosts.html

- name: "Build hosts file"
  lineinfile: dest=/etc/hosts regexp='.*{{ item }}$' line="{{ hostvars[item].ansible_default_ipv4.address }} {{item}}" state=present
  when: hostvars[item].ansible_default_ipv4.address is defined
  with_items: groups['all']

Faheetah

node {
    echo 'Results included as an inline comment exactly how they are returned as of Jenkins 2.121, with $BUILD_NUMBER = 1'
    echo 'No quotes, pipeline command in single quotes'
    sh 'echo $BUILD_NUMBER' // 1
    echo 'Double quotes are silently dropped'
    sh 'echo "$BUILD_NUMBER"' // 1
    echo 'Even escaped with a single backslash they are dropped'
    sh 'echo \"$BUILD_NUMBER\"' // 1
    echo 'Using two backslashes, the quotes are preserved'
    sh 'echo \\"$BUILD_NUMBER\\"' // "1"

stefanmaric

Copy-to-clipboard Bookmarklet

Create Bookmarklet (browser bookmark that executes Javsacript) to copy a given text to Clipboard.

This is the base javascript:

(function (text) {
  var node = document.createElement('textarea')
  var selection = document.getSelection()

clayton

# Installation
brew install ffmpeg --with-vpx --with-vorbis --with-libvorbis --with-vpx --with-vorbis --with-theora --with-libogg --with-libvorbis --with-gpl --with-version3 --with-nonfree --with-postproc --with-libaacplus --with-libass --with-libcelt --with-libfaac --with-libfdk-aac --with-libfreetype --with-libmp3lame --with-libopencore-amrnb --with-libopencore-amrwb --with-libopenjpeg --with-openssl --with-libopus --with-libschroedinger --with-libspeex --with-libtheora --with-libvo-aacenc --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-libx264 --with-libxvid

# Easy Peasy
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 video.webm

Darep

// Sometimes it's necessary to do a bit of clean-up
Array.prototype.forEach.call(document.querySelectorAll('.js-comment-delete button'), function(el, i) {
  el.removeAttribute('data-confirm');
  el.click();
});

jbinto

### Last tested February 7 2014 on a Galaxy S3 (d2att) running Cyanogenmod 11 nightly, with Google Authenticator 2.49.

### Device with Google Authenticator must have root.
### Computer requires Android Developer Tools and SQLite 3.

### Connect your device in USB debugging mode.

$ cd /tmp
$ adb root
$ adb pull /data/data/com.google.android.apps.authenticator2/databases/databases