Category Archives: sci - Page 2

extracting a subpart of a git repository with history

I recently had to extract a subdirectory of an existing git repository towards its own new repository. And I wanted to keep all the commit information and history that was related to this directory. EDIT: Even if the solution I …

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automake: install omitting directory

I have personal project using autotools. I tried to build it since a long time and at make install time, patatra: /usr/bin/install: omitting directory `./lib/myproject' The build stops in failure. It used to work flawlessly. I am not alone After …

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Inheriting from a builtin strangeness

In python, when inheriting from a builtin, you must be carefull as your object won't follow common rules.

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Enabling Ctrl-S for forward-history-search in bash

Ctrl-R and Ctrl-S are advertised in every readline command-line to do backward and forward search in your command history (as emacs does on text with the same shortcuts). And you've probably come to the fact that if Ctrl-R is working …

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