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How to use .gitignore to include files in nested subdirectories

Background Typically .gitignore is used to ignore files – but what do you do when you want to include files? The trick when including files

Regular Expression to find term in and surrounding words

Use this regular expression to highlight a term in the middle of a sentence: (?:\S+\s+){0,4}(money is good)\s*(?:\S+\b\s*){0,4} Here is a great site to test the

How to install the LTS version of Node and NPM

Background If you divert from programming for a while (say 6 months to a year) and come back to your NPM and Node tools, you

“EACCES: permission denied” when installing NativeScript

Installing NativeScript can be a challenge. The NativeScript instructions do not make is totally clear that you must be root when you install it. But

How to search for a string in a local repository on Github

Issue: You’re trying to find some text in a local repo on Github. You’re confused because the big search bar at the top left seems

How to store your Github credentials username and password so that you don’t have to type it every time on the command line

First do: git config credential.helper store Then do: git pull Warning: The storage format is a .git-credentials file, stored in plain-text! You might want to do

How to publish local files on a remote server to a Github repository if you want to edit the files locally (on your development PC)

Given you have the following workflow: A local PC or Mac with PhpStorm A remote server where all your staging/production files are stored Your aim

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