Setting Up Users, Permissions and Groups for SSH Access to a Shared Git Repository
If you are having permission problems using git, such as
error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database ./objects
There are a couple thing you can do to remedy the situation, before moving to a full on git server like gitosis....
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Repost
This post is inspired by
http://pupeno.com/blog/really-resetting-the-database/#comment-1179. But as my blog mostly serves as a reference for my future self, I'd like to reprint this little snippet of code here as well.
namespace :db do
desc "Crush a...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Write Your Own Time Comparison Function in Ruby Like time_ago_in_words Without Rails
# time_ago_in_words(Time.now, 1.day.ago) # => 1 day
# time_ago_in_words(Time.now, 1.hour.ago) # => 1 hour
def time_ago_in_words(t1, t2)
s = t1.to_i - t2.to_i # distance between t1 and t2 in seconds
resolution = if s > 29030400 # seco...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/17/2013
Rails Helper to Remove Leading Zero in 12 Hour Time Format
I can't find a strftime() format that will output the hour without the leading zero. For instance 6:20 will be instead 06:20. This just looks a little sloppy. I created a datetime.rb intializer which will contain custom datetime formats for my applicatio...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Reading, Writing, Removing Files and Directories in Ruby
These aren't all of them, but I think they are some of the most useful.
# making a directory in another directory that doesn't yet exist...
FileUtils.mkdir_p '/path/to/your/directory/that/doesnt/exist/yet'
# recursively remove a directory and the conten...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
