After working on a feature in a separate branch, keeping the branch around is unnecessary. To clean up afterwards, run the following:

git push origin --delete <branch_to_delete>
git branch -D <branch_to_delete>

Use git log:

git log -S <String to search for> --author <author to restrict by, usually it's you> --since <how long since you made the change>

Rationale: Working in a git feature branch is convenient, the Trello board acts as a simple todo list specific to that work. Useful for sharing thoughts with other people also working on the branch

If git complains with this error:

fatal: bad object refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
error: failed to run repack

This may happen if upstream branches have been removed and your origin is pointing to it. You can confirm this by running:

An article on meta-programming in ruby. Source to use as inspiration for screenplay pattern in ruby

Build your own RSpec - introduction to DSL and metaprogramming

Usually a cucumber step definition will have some sort of regular expression capture:

Given(/^I have (\d+) dollars in my account$/) do |amount|
  #step logic
end

As the Given is specified above the amount argument will still be a st...

This retrospective was run as part of an employee on boarding experience. It was a small group (3 participants).

Goal: Where are we, what does success look like? (Futurespective)
Time: 1 hr

Structure

• Weather Report (set the stage)
• ...

Article on rails about not using @vsrisbles in controllers. Really nice approach

Acceptance criteria should give a binary yes/no response. They need to be ambiguous in order to test them. Without the binary response it is unclear whether the system is complete and behaves as intended (Writing Great Specifications p. 86)

Speci...

Say you've added a few files to a commit and you decide later to move it to a different branch. You need a couple of git commands:

First. You need to split the commit into multiple commits which done via an interactive rebase:

• `git rebase -i HE...