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Automatically Switch Node Version in Zsh from package.json

Last updated on January 12, 2023 by Sal Ferrarello

Add this code to $HOME/.zshrc to automatically set the node version to match the version in package.json.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: command line, jq, node, nvm, zsh

Getting Started with LuaSnip

Last updated on November 23, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

This article assumes you are using Neovim (version 0.8.0 or higher) and packer.nvim to manage your plugins. Adding the following loads the LuaSnip plugin, creates a snippet for “func”, and maps “Ctrl + p” to expand the snippet and jump through the fields.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: lua, neovim, vim, vimplugin

Git autoSetupRemote Prevents “no tracking information” Error

Last updated on November 14, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

After creating a pushing a new branch to GitHub (or any remote), when I do “git pull” I often get an error that says “There is no tracking information for the current branch”. The Git config value “autoSetupRemote”, introduced in Git version 2.38, lets us avoid this entirely error.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Recommendations Tagged With: Git, gitconfig

vim.keymap.set() coc to confirm completion with lua

Last updated on November 13, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

I’m currently rewriting my Neovim configuration using lua rather than using vimscript. I’m using the coc.nvim plugin and want to map return () to confirm completion. The coc.nvim wiki has an entry to Use to confirm completion however their solution is in Vimscript.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: lua, neovim, vim

trailingslashit() vs untrailingslashit()

Last updated on November 1, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

WordPress has two functions that can be helpful when dealing with the final character of a URL, trailingslashit() and untrailingslashit(). I find it preferable to use untrailingslashit() for two reasons: 1. It does not break empty checks and 2. It makes my sprintf() statements more readable.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming Tagged With: PHP, WordPress, WordPress Plugin

Compare composer.json on Two Different Git Branches

Last updated on October 25, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

I have composer.json files on two different branches and I want to compare their (non-dev) dependencies. This is the command I run to compare the “require” section of composer.json on my current branch to the “require” section of composer.json on another branch.

Filed Under: Dev Tips, Solution Tagged With: composer, Git, jq

Check If We Can Do a Git Fast-Forward Merge

Last updated on August 31, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

When I’m working with Git, there are times I want to check if I can do a fast-forward merge but I do NOT want to actually perform the merge.

Warning! This is a draft, not a finalized post. See full draft disclosure.

Filed Under: Dev Tips, Draft, Solution Tagged With: fast-forward, Git

How to Disable beforeunload Event Listeners

Last updated on August 4, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

I was doing some troubleshooting and wanted to disable the “beforeunload” event listeners on a page. This is how I accomplished it with the Chrome browser.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming, Solution Tagged With: Chrome, JavaScript

Revert Merge Commit

Last updated on May 9, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

Typically a Git commit has exactly one parent, however a Git merge commit has two parents. The problem this creates with Git revert, is it is unclear which commit we want to revert to.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Solution Tagged With: Git, revert

Always Bring Your Pull Requests Up to Date

Last updated on April 26, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

A Pull Request (PR) should always be up to date with the branch into which it is being merged. Another way of saying this is you should be able to merge your PR as a fast-forward merge (even if you decide not to do a fast-forward merge). In this post we’ll look at how a safe looking PR that is out of date can be catastrophic to merge.

Filed Under: Computing, Dev Tips, Programming, Recommendations Tagged With: Git

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