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# Export database from MySQL:
sudo mysqldump -u database_username database_name > path_to_file_to_export_to.sql

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# Ignore .DS_Store files from a git repository
# Find and remove existing files from the repository:
find . -name .DS_Store -print0 | xargs -0 git-rm

# Add the line ".DS_Store" to the file .gitignore, which can be found at the top level of your repository (or created if it isn't there already)

git add .gitignore
git commit -m ".DS_Store banished!"

# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/107701/how-can-i-remove-dsstore-files-from-a-git-repository

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# Find what port an application is running on.
# Especially useful at Webfaction
ps -ef | grep APPNAME

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# Use TextMate as default text editor
export EDITOR="/usr/bin/mate -w"

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# Capistrano deployment scripts
# the deployment script will go to default environment (usually "dev"), others like "staging" can be targeted by using "cap staging deploy", etc.

# update the server with the latest revision in the repository
cap deploy

# run rake db:migrate on the server
cap deploy:migrate

# updates the server with the latest project in the repository and then runs rake db:migrate

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# run Selenium tests on a whole app
./script/server -e test

# followed by
rake test:acceptance

# This is in lieu of running
./script/server -e test

# then browsing to

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# common Rake commands

# run migrations
rake db:migrate

# copy the database 
rake db:test:clone_structure

# display all application routes
rake routes

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# configure RedirectPermanent in Apache vhost
# step 1: new virtual hosts for each domain
# step 2: RedirectPermanent in each new vhost file

RedirectPermanent / http://mysite.org

# put the RedirectPermanent inside a vhost for each mysite.com and mysite.net
# RedirectPermanent is part of mod_alias

# this was done so multiple domain extensions would all change to the same extension 

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1 - In textmate, open the bundle editor> Edit Languages 
2 - pick Rails: HTML(rails) from the left hand thing 
3 - Then change 
    fileTypes = ( 'rhtml' ); 
    to 
    fileTypes = ( 'rhtml', 'html.erb' );

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randy-j-hunts-macbook-air-2:design-ignites-change randyjhunt$ rake gems:install
(in /Users/randyjhunt/code/rails/design-ignites-change)
gem install mislav-will_paginate --version "~> 2.2.3" --source http://gems.github.com
WARNING:  Installing to ~/.gem since /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8 and
	  /usr/bin aren't both writable.
WARNING:  You don't have /Users/randyjhunt/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH,
	  gem executables will not run.
Successfully installed mislav-will_paginate-2.2.3