Why git-svn? 1. Our central repository is Subversion and that’s not changing. Otherwise, I’d be using Git without Subversion. 2. I wanted …
Subversion global-ignores
To force your svn client to ignore files and folders from Subversion without
using the svn:ignore property, edit ~/.subversion/config. This file …
Rework
I’m excited to read Rework – the excerpts I read were excellent! You
can read more about the book at Signal vs. Noise, an
outstanding blog by …
Martin Fowler: VcsSurvey
Interesting survey results from ThoughtWorkers on version control: VcsSurvey To summarize, ThoughtWorkers strongly prefer Subversion, git, and …
Irrational
“We are irrational. Proof: We believe we are rational.” From Bruce Eckel’s recent post entitled A Golf Ball to the Forehead.
Running an effective meeting
Prepare before the meeting starts. More than 10 minutes. State the purpose of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting. Without a stated purpose, …
A case for automated tests
In one minute, you can run one manual test or 100 automated tests. How would
you prefer to spend that minute? And what happens when you change some …
Cisco VPN on Snow Leopard
Mac OS X Snow Leopard has VPN support built in, so you don’t have to install
the Cisco VPN client. (If there’s one thing I dislike, it
Keyboard Shortcut for Maximizing a Window in XP
Alt, Space, X This appears to be the only way to do it. I wish there were a quicker way,
like Win + M does for minimize.