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Moving Files from one Git Repository to Another, Preserving History

2021-10-21 ·2 min read

Move a directory to another Git repository while preserving its commit history using git filter-branch and merging unrelated histories.

2020-07-29 ·1 min read

Fix Git’s 'Filename too long' checkout error on Windows by enabling core.longpaths in the system Git configuration.

2019-09-13 ·2 min read

A reference table of alpha hex codes for opacity percentages from 0% to 100%, with examples for Android #AARRGGBB colors.

2019-04-10 ·1 min read

Reset the macOS Dock to its default settings with a Terminal command that deletes its saved preferences and restarts the Dock.

2019-03-31 ·3 min read

A complete list of the 168 games on my Retro FC Plus, also known as the Coolbaby RS-6 A portable 8-bit console.

2019-03-27 ·1 min read

Make a directory writable by Apache on macOS by assigning ownership to _www and setting permissions with chown and chmod.

2018-11-09 ·1 min read

Enable detailed Java compiler warnings in Android Studio by adding -Xlint:unchecked and -Xlint:deprecation to Gradle’s JavaCompile tasks.

2018-11-08 ·2 min read

Automatically increment an Android app’s versionCode for release APK builds using Gradle and a version.properties file.

2018-10-21 ·2 min read

Why Cyrillic URLs become percent-encoded when copied from Chrome and Firefox, with workarounds for preserving readable links.

2017-12-28 ·2 min read

Work around Settings.canDrawOverlays() returning false after permission is granted on Android O by testing a temporary invisible overlay.