Git: Issues with Gemfile.lock
When there's a Gemfile.lock in your working directory that you cannot remove by either checkout, reset [--hard], stash, probably Rails' Spring is the culprit and not Bundler itself.
Fix
spring stop
The author of the linked Stackoverflow post supposes Spring re-writes the Gemfile.lock on change to ensure all Spring processes are using the same gem versions. Meh.
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How to push to Git without running CI on GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Travis CI
If a project ist configured to spawn CI runners for tests or deployment when pushing to the Repo, a habit of pushing WIP commits regularly may conflict with that.
Here are two solutions that allow you to keep pushing whenever you feel like it.
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Configuring Git with .gitconfig
Basic configuration
Please keep this config simple. It should be a starting point for new developers learning Git.
[user]
name = Your Name
email = your.name@domain.com
[branch]
sort = -committerdate
[color]
ui = auto
[color "bra...
Migrate gem tests from Travis CI to Github Actions with gemika
We currently test most of our gems on Travis CI, but want to migrate those tests to Github Actions. This is a step-by-step guide on how to do this.
Note that this guide requires the gem to use gemika.
- Go...
Problems with git submodules in Gitlab CI
If you are using git submodules in Gitlab CI, you might run into a "The project you were looking for could not be found or you don't have permission to view it."
Gitlab added a feature that new projects are no longer allowed to be cloned inside C...
Rails - Multi Language with Fast_Gettext
sudo gem install gettext --no-ri --no-rdocsudo gem install fast_gettext --no-ri --no-rdoc-
script/plugin install git://github.com/grosser/gettext_i18n_rails.git(didn't work as gem) - environment.rb: see code example at the bottom
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Issues with has_select?
The handy method has_select?(field, :selected => text) does not behave as expected with Cucumber 0.10.2, Capybara 0.4.1.2 and Selenium 0.2.2. It may not recognize a select field if the selected option with the text has no value. If you don't...
Git: how to work with submodules
Sometimes you might need to nest a git-project inside another git-project. The right strategy is to use submodules in this case.
How git submodules work
- Each submodule is a own git repository
- Once you commit changes in a submodule, the pa...
Security issues with hash conditions in Rails 2 and Rails 3
Find conditions for scopes can be given either as an array (:conditions => ['state = ?', 'draft']) or a hash (:conditions => { 'state' => 'draft' }). The later is nicer to read, but has horrible security implications in some versions of Ru...
Git stash: Working with old entries
First find the reference for the entry you want through looking at the stash:
$ git stash list
stash@{0}: WIP on feature/foo
stash@{1}: WIP on feature/bar
st...
How to use Git on Windows with PuTTY
- Get "PuTTY Link" and "Pageant" (an SSH key agent) from the PuTTY download page.
- Run
pageant.exe, find its icon inside your system tray and add your SSH key. - Open up a `c...