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Configure Git to use a proxy

In Brief

You may need to configure a proxy server if you're having trouble cloning or fetching from a remote repository or getting an error like unable to access '...' Couldn't resolve host '...'.

Consider something like:

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# Move to root directory...
cd /
mkdir keys
cd keys

# Generate a self signed certificate for the CA along with a key.
mkdir -p ca/private
chmod 700 ca/private
# NOTE: I'm using -nodes, this means that once anybody gets
# their hands on this particular key, they can become this CA.

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Use IntelliJ or WebStorm as git mergetool

Configure Sourcetree

The merge tool that ships with JetBrain's IntelliJ IDEA or WebStorm is really awesome and way better than FileMerge. It is quite simple to configure SourceTree to use it as the default mergetool:

1. Open the SourceTree preferences and select the Diff tab
2. Choose Custom both as Visual Diff Tool and as Merge Tool
3. Paste the following commands into the textfields:

• Diff Command: /Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA.app/Contents/MacOS/idea diff

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How to Change Open Files Limit on OS X and macOS

This text is the section about OS X Yosemite (which also works for macOS Sierra) from https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/#mac-os-x

The last time i visited this link it was dead (403), so I cloned it here from the latest snapshot in Archive.org's Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20170523131633/https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/

Mac OS X

To check the current limits on your Mac OS X system, run:

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git config --global https.proxy http://127.0.0.1:1080

git config --global https.proxy https://127.0.0.1:1080

git config --global --unset http.proxy

git config --global --unset https.proxy


npm config delete proxy