martijnvermaat

SSH agent forwarding and screen

When connecting to a remote server via SSH it is often convenient to use SSH agent forwarding so that you don't need a separate keypair on that server for connecting to further servers.

This is enabled by adding the

ForwardAgent yes

option to any of your Host entries in ~/.ssh/config (or alternatively with the -A option). Don't set this option in a wildcard Host * section since any user on the remote server that can bypass file permissions can now als use keys loaded in your SSH agent. So only use this with hosts you trust.

piscisaureus

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = git@github.com:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

jasonrudolph

5 entertaining things you can find with the GitHub Search API

Let's have some command-line fun with curl, [jq][1], and the [new GitHub Search API][2].

Today we're looking for:

• The hottest repositories created in the last week.
• The oldest user accounts with zero followers. (So sad.)
• Issue trends by language.
• Clojure projects defying convention.

burke

ruby-1.9.3-p327 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

This installs a patched ruby 1.9.3-p327 with various performance improvements and a backported COW-friendly GC, all courtesy of funny-falcon.

Requirements

• rbenv
• ruby-build

You will also need a C Compiler. If you're on Linux, you probably already have one or know how to install one. On OS X, you should install XCode, and brew install autoconf using homebrew.

coreyhaines

--colour
-I app

tvandervossen

env = (function() {
  var flags = {}, ua = navigator.userAgent, el = document.createElement('div'), video = document.createElement('video'), audio = document.createElement('audio'), root = document.documentElement, i
  function flag(names) {
    names = names.split(' ')
    for (i = 0; i < names.length; i++)
      flags[names[i]] = true
  }
  function classnames() {
    var names = [], name
    for(name in flags) if (flags.hasOwnProperty(name))

swinton

Verified commits made easy with GitHub Actions

So you want to commit changes generated by a GitHub Actions workflow back to your repo, and have that commit signed automatically?

Here's one way this is possible, using the REST API, the auto-generated GITHUB_TOKEN, and the GitHub CLI, gh, which is pre-installed on GitHub's hosted Actions runners.

You don't have to configure the git client, just add a step like the one below... Be sure to edit FILE_TO_COMMIT and DESTINATION_BRANCH to suit your needs.

madrobby

function(
  a, // a object holding test functions
  b, // a logging function, taking multiple arguments
  c, // placeholder 
  d, // placeholder
  e, // placeholder
  f  // placeholder
){
  c = d = e = 0;    // initialize asserts, failures and exception counts to 0
  for (             // iterate

imjasonh

* {
    font-size: 12pt;
    font-family: monospace;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: black;
    cursor: default;
}

sstephenson

Simple file/stream encryption using OpenSSL

Create and store a 512-byte random encryption key named secret:

$ mkkey secret

Encrypt the contents of file with the secret key and write it to file.enc:

$ encrypt secret < file > file.enc