Comments for Mark's Blog http://longair.net/blog (occasional miscellanea) Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on git: fetch and merge, don’t pull by Tyler Gillispie http://longair.net/blog/2009/04/16/git-fetch-and-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-66937 Tyler Gillispie Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=6#comment-66937 Great article. I'm new to Git. This has helped me clarify some steps required for properly merging between origin and local branches and the difference between the branches. Props. Great article. I’m new to Git. This has helped me clarify some steps required for properly merging between origin and local branches and the difference between the branches. Props.

]]> Comment on The Canon PIXMA MP560 on Ubuntu by vasek http://longair.net/blog/2010/06/06/the-canon-pixma-mp560-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-66408 vasek Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:14:19 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=494#comment-66408 thanks a lot for this guide, it helped me to get the stuff working. thanks a lot for this guide, it helped me to get the stuff working.

]]> Comment on The Canon PIXMA MP560 on Ubuntu by james http://longair.net/blog/2010/06/06/the-canon-pixma-mp560-on-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-65360 james Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:22:34 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=494#comment-65360 this post is amazing helped me get the printer installed and working. I just love it how companies are supporting linux more and people like you help trouble shoot issues like this to get it working if something doesnt quite work properly out of the box. cheers, james from australia this post is amazing helped me get the printer installed and working. I just love it how companies are supporting linux more and people like you help trouble shoot issues like this to get it working if something doesnt quite work properly out of the box.

cheers, james from australia

]]> Comment on git: fetch and merge, don’t pull by Monica Anderson http://longair.net/blog/2009/04/16/git-fetch-and-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-64533 Monica Anderson Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:24:54 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=6#comment-64533 After a couple years of working with git this still taught me a lot of really important stuff - an excellent post at the "beyond-the-basics" level git use. Probably best one on the internet at that level. Thank you. And no, it's not too long. Feel free to write a sequel. :-) After a couple years of working with git this still taught me a lot of really important stuff – an excellent post at the “beyond-the-basics” level git use. Probably best one on the internet at that level. Thank you. And no, it’s not too long. Feel free to write a sequel. :-)

]]> Comment on git Submodules Explained by Henning Glatter-Gotz http://longair.net/blog/2010/06/02/git-submodules-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-64155 Henning Glatter-Gotz Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:50:09 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=446#comment-64155 Mark, nice post that helped me sort out some things while moving from SVN to git. The link referenced at the bottom of the post has a 404 (http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSubmoduleTutorial) Mark, nice post that helped me sort out some things while moving from SVN to git. The link referenced at the bottom of the post has a 404 (http://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSubmoduleTutorial)

]]> Comment on git: fetch and merge, don’t pull by jeyanth kumar http://longair.net/blog/2009/04/16/git-fetch-and-merge/comment-page-1/#comment-63766 jeyanth kumar Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:52:40 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=6#comment-63766 heya mark... Awesome post.. :) thanks for the info will read rest of your git posts..:) heya mark… Awesome post.. :) thanks for the info will read rest of your git posts..:)

]]> Comment on The Guardian on your Kindle by Dan http://longair.net/blog/2010/10/04/the-guardian-on-your-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-63697 Dan Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:55:20 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=523#comment-63697 Is this the sort of thing you're looking for? http://blog.garethj.com/2011/01/21/free-daily-news-to-a-kindle/ Is this the sort of thing you’re looking for? http://blog.garethj.com/2011/01/21/free-daily-news-to-a-kindle/

]]> Comment on Missing git hooks documentation by Bruce http://longair.net/blog/2011/04/09/missing-git-hooks-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-62820 Bruce Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:07:20 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=626#comment-62820 git rev-parse --git-dir "trust, but verify" root_dir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir) root_dir=$(cd $root_dir >/dev/null && cd .. >/dev/null && pwd -P) git rev-parse –git-dir

“trust, but verify”

root_dir=$(git rev-parse –git-dir)
root_dir=$(cd $root_dir >/dev/null && cd .. >/dev/null && pwd -P)

]]> Comment on The Guardian on your Kindle by Zhao http://longair.net/blog/2010/10/04/the-guardian-on-your-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-62683 Zhao Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=523#comment-62683 Great Work! I'm trying to do some thing with the periodical format mobi file. But the output is always in book format. What version of kindlegen are you using? Could you please sent me a copy? Thank you very much. Great Work!
I’m trying to do some thing with the periodical format mobi file. But the output is always in book format. What version of kindlegen are you using? Could you please sent me a copy?
Thank you very much.

]]> Comment on Official Kindle subscription to The Guardian by Zhao http://longair.net/blog/2011/07/11/official-kindle-subscription-to-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-62528 Zhao Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:12:27 +0000 http://longair.net/blog/?p=660#comment-62528 Hi, could you please send me a copy of Kindlegen 1.1 binary for linux 2.6? I'm really frustrated to find one. Thank you very much! Hi, could you please send me a copy of Kindlegen 1.1 binary for linux 2.6? I’m really frustrated to find one. Thank you very much!

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