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How to update a GitHub forked repository?

So you hit "Fork" and now you have this repo copy on your Github account. Here is what to do to keep it up-to-date with the original repo.

1. Add the original repo as remote, here called upstream:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/author/repo.git

2. Fetch all the branches of that upstream remote:

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How to split a file into smaller chunks?

You may want to upload a 100GB file over an unstable network, or feed your scripts smaller inputs to load in RAM. In both cases, just splitting your file into smaller chunks is an easy solution.

Great news is Unix/Linux systems have the split utility already installed. And using it is simple as pie:

Cut a binary file into chunks of X bytes:

split -b X bigfile.avi

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find `pwd` -type d -maxdepth 3 -name 'node_modules' | xargs -n 1 tmutil addexclusion

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Speed is a feature: 10 tips for faster browser networking

1. Minimize TCP connections

Ensure the web server uses Keep-Alive headers.

2. Reduce DNS look-ups

DNS look-ups are the first thing blocking your HTTP requests.

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How to change your commit messages in Git?

At some point you’ll find yourself in a situation where you need edit a commit message. That commit might already be pushed or not, be the most recent or burried below 10 other commits, but fear not, git has your back 🙂.

Not pushed + most recent commit:

git commit --amend

This will open your $EDITOR and let you change the message. Continue with your usual git push origin master.

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Understand what .gitignore rule is ignoring your files

Ready to commit, you fire your git status and you don’t see your files 🤔.

Use this command to ask Git what rule is causing this ignore:

$ git check-ignore -v filename

For instance to see what rule ignores tests.pyc:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash #adding this to force silly gist highlighting. REMOVE THIS

# BASH standalone npm install autocomplete. Add this to ~/.bashrc file.
_npm_install_completion () {
    local words cword
    if type _get_comp_words_by_ref &>/dev/null; then
      _get_comp_words_by_ref -n = -n @ -w words -i cword
    else
      cword="$COMP_CWORD"
      words=("${COMP_WORDS[@]}")

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How to grep search committed code in git?

Search working tree for text matching regular expression regexp:

git grep regexp 

Search working tree for lines of text matching regexp A or B:

git grep -e A --or -e B 

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A better setup for Git

Git default configuration is good but it can be personalized to improve your workflow efficiency. Here are some good lines to put in your ~/.gitconfig:

# The basics, who you commit as:
[user]
  name = John Doe
  email = john@doe.org

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CLI: Output the difference between 2 files

Thinking of using diff? Try comm, its sole purpose is to compare 2 sorted files line by line.

Show lines in A.txt but NOT in B.txt:

comm -2 -3 A.txt B.txt

If the files aren’t sorted, use: