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woods / git_svn_bash_prompt.sh
Created December 4, 2008 15:37 — forked from halbtuerke/gist:31934
Set color bash prompt according to git/svn branch, and return status of last command.
#!/bin/bash
#
# DESCRIPTION:
#
# Set the bash prompt according to:
# * the branch/status of the current git repository
# * the branch of the current subversion repository
# * the return value of the previous command
#
# USAGE:
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woods / friendly_urls.markdown
Last active August 17, 2016 00:28 — forked from cdmwebs/friendly_urls.markdown
Friendly URLs in Rails

Friendly URLs

By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:

/people/6

But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.