Michael Durrant

Cambridge, MA

http://michaeldurrant.com

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git auto-complete for branches at the command line?

terminal command-line bash auto-complete git asked Jul 8, 2012 at 18:25

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422 votes

How to do integer & float calculations, in bash or other languages/frameworks?

shell command-line arithmetic floating-point calculator asked Jun 14, 2012 at 14:43

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401 votes

vim line numbers - how to have them on by default?

vim vi editing line-numbers asked Apr 23, 2012 at 2:30

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314 votes

Better colors so comments aren't dark blue in Vim?

vim colors editors color-management asked Aug 30, 2013 at 14:28

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267 votes

Rails - Could not find a JavaScript runtime?

javascript ruby-on-rails ruby-on-rails-3 node.js ruby-on-rails-3.1 asked Aug 17, 2011 at 11:30

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248 votes

How to restart a rails server on Heroku?

ruby-on-rails ruby-on-rails-3 heroku asked Jan 30, 2013 at 20:05

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237 votes

How can I shorten my command line (bash) prompt?

command-line bash bashrc prompt ps1 asked Jun 2, 2012 at 18:48

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209 votes

What color codes can I use in my Bash PS1 prompt?

bash colors prompt asked Apr 12, 2014 at 15:38

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201 votes

how can I add (subtract, etc.) two numbers with bash?

bash scripting variable asked Sep 30, 2013 at 16:33

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185 votes

How can I do a 'change word' in Vim using the current paste buffer?

vim vi replace buffer asked Aug 29, 2013 at 14:45

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git auto-complete for *branches* at the command line?

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Rails: Default sort order for a rails model?

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What are the differences between git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone?

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How to restart a rails server on Heroku?

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rails simple_form - hidden field - create?

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How do I comment in CoffeeScript? "/* this */" doesn't work

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"fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)" from git status

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Why squash git commits for pull requests?

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Getting "Warning! PATH is not properly set up" when doing rvm use 2.0.0 --default

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Coding standard for clarity: comment every line of code?

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What mysql database tables and relationships would support a Q&A survey with conditional questions?

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Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header when trying to install pg gem

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How do I revert all local changes in Git managed project to previous state?

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How to convince employees that IM and Facebook during work is unethical?

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rails-mysql rake db :create - Library not loaded libmysqlclient.20.dylib image not found

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What is the difference between 'git pull' and 'git fetch'?

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What is the difference between require_relative and require in Ruby?

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Database design for a survey

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What color codes can I use in my Bash PS1 prompt?

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Ruby on Rails: How can I revert a migration with rake db:migrate?

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GIT pulling or cloning repository only gets Master branch

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What are the differences between using the terminal on a mac vs linux?

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How to change my mouse wheel scroll rate?

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unknown option: mode-mouse with iterm, tmux

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Best practice for using multiple .gitignore files

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How can you automatically remove trailing whitespace in vim

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Ruby Hash to array of values

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Recommendations for teaching junior programmers good coding style

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tmux new pane has home directory as default instead of previous directory

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What is the purpose of .bashrc and how does it work?

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