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Archive for June 2008

Installing Git and gitosis on Ubuntu

Posted on June 16, 2008, 11:10 PM, by Mark A. Richman, under Uncategorized.

I’m switching all my personal projects to git from Subversion. To that end, I’ve set up a remote git repository on my Linode.com VPS running Ubuntu. Here’s how to do it:
First, install git on the remote server:
sudo apt-get install git-core

Then, following instructions on scie.nti.st, we grab the gitosis code (still remote):
cd ~/src
git clone git://eagain.net/gitosis.git

Then:
cd gitosis
sudo [...]

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RailsConf Git Talk

Posted on June 14, 2008, 4:44 PM, by Mark A. Richman, under git, rails, video.

Scott Chacon’s RailsConf 2008 Talk on Git:

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Free Rails 2.1 Book

Posted on June 14, 2008, 4:29 PM, by Mark A. Richman, under Uncategorized.

If you’re eager to learn how to use all the new features in Rails 2.1, Carlos Brando just released a free book titled Ruby on Rails 2.1, What’s New?. You can download the PDF in its original Portuguese, or its very recent English translation. This 120 page book covers everything you need to [...]

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RailsConf 2008 David Heinemeier Hansson’s Keynote Video

Posted on June 14, 2008, 4:20 PM, by Mark A. Richman, under rails.

RailsConf 2008 David Heinemeier Hansson’s Keynote Video

RailsConf 2008 David Heinemeier Hansson Keynote from daniel wanja on Vimeo.

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