Greg Hewgill

Christchurch, New Zealand

http://hewgill.com

Software geek.

Twitter: @ghewgill

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Do a "git export" (like "svn export")?

git export git-archive svn-export asked Oct 2, 2008 at 2:21

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2438 votes

How do I recover a dropped stash in Git?

git recovery git-stash asked Sep 18, 2008 at 1:59

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616 votes

"is" operator behaves unexpectedly with integers

python int operators identity python-internals asked Nov 20, 2008 at 18:21

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290 votes

How to get the changes on a branch in Git

git branch asked Sep 10, 2008 at 7:44

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259 votes

How to resolve symbolic links in a shell script

bash shell scripting symlink asked Aug 11, 2008 at 10:40

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211 votes

Offer an XMPP method for chat

feature-request status-deferred chat xmpp asked Jul 15, 2010 at 19:24

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133 votes

SENotifier, a Stack Exchange inbox notifier for Mac OS X

app inbox mac-os-x notifier systemtray asked Feb 6, 2012 at 9:28

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122 votes

How can I decompress a gzip stream with zlib?

gzip zlib inflate asked Dec 3, 2009 at 9:19

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100 votes

Why does the Google Play store say my Android app is incompatible with my own device?

android google-play asked May 7, 2012 at 2:18

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82 votes

How to set sys.stdout encoding in Python 3?

python unicode python-3.x stdout asked Dec 7, 2010 at 7:59

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