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# This is a general-purpose function to ask Yes/No questions in Bash, either
# with or without a default answer. It keeps repeating the question until it
# gets a valid answer.

ask() {
    # http://djm.me/ask
    while true; do

        if [ "${2:-}" = "Y" ]; then
            prompt="Y/n"

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$(document).ready(function(){
  // Apparently I am not smart enough to figure out how to
  // set the selected value on the new date_select form helper in Rails 4
  // So, I had to create a client side solution
  var url = document.location.href.split("?")[1];

  // If the url does not have a query string
  // Nothing else matters
  if(url) {
    var params = url.split("&");

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Setting up Ruby, Rails, Nginx,and PostgreSQL 9 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Last updated: 12 Feb 2014 Work in progress sources: "https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-with-rbenv--2" "http://10kb.nl/blog/setup-and-keep-up-with-the-latest-versions-of-a-complete-rails-dev-stack" "http://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/13.10"

Fix the locale issue

• Edit /etc/default/locale as sudo.
• Append LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" at the end of the file, save and quit.
• sudo locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8

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#!/bin/sh

# This is a sample script for kickstarting a VM according to the openshift.ks script under virt-manager, qemu+KVM, and Linux.
# You certainly need to modify at least the CMDLINE and --location below for it to be useful (unless you work at Red Hat).

set -e

if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
  printf 'Usage: %s vm_name [arg1 [arg2 [...]]]\n' "$0"

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Setting up and installing rbenv, ruby-build, rubies, rbenv-gemset, and bundler

This guide enables you to install (ruby-build) and use (rbenv) multiple versions of ruby, isolate project gems (gemsets and/or bundler), and automatically use appropriate combinations of rubies and gems.

TL;DR Demo

# Ensure system is in ship-shape.

aptitude install git zsh libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev

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# from ubuntu trusty 13.10
# As root user

sudo su

# Update the OS
apt-get update -y

# Add this to ~/.bashrc to remove timezone warnings
  export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

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source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '3.2.13'

gem 'jquery-rails'

# A Scope & Engine based, clean, powerful, customizable and sophisticated paginator
gem "kaminari"

# Compass is a Stylesheet Authoring Environment that makes your website design simpler to implement and easier to maintain.

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require 'factory_girl_rails'
require 'rspec'
require 'rspec-rails'
require 'rspec/mocks/standalone' # => if factories need stubs (for remote services for example)

include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods # make FG methods available at top level, so you can do `> create :user`

def reload_factories!
  FactoryGirl.instance_variable_set(:@factories, nil) # => clear loaded factories/sequences
  # FactoryGirl.instance_variable_set(:@sequences, nil)

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class config::sublime {

  define addpkg {
    $packagedir = "/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/"
    $pkgarray = split($name, '[/]')
    $pkgname = $pkgarray[1]

    exec { "git clone https://github.com/${name}.git":
      cwd      => "/Users/${::luser}${packagedir}",
      provider => 'shell',

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#!/bin/sh
# Just copy and paste the lines below (all at once, it won't work line by line!)
# MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT IT DOES FIRST! THERE IS NO WARRANTY!

function abort {
  echo "$1"
  exit 1
}

set -e