• 2019-08-26

  Cygheap base mismatch in Git for Windows

  This error has haunted me for several months: 4 [main] head (6660) C:\...\usr\bin\head.exe:r *** fatal error - cygheap base mismatch detected - 0x612C7410/0xAF7410. This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the cygwin DLL. Search for cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start->Find/Search facility …
• 2019-07-30

  On dotfiles management

  This will be yet another description of dotfiles management by some random person on the Internet. I will try to explain what my setup is like and why it is that way. If you're not yet using version control software for your configuration files I strongly encourage you to start …
• 2018-07-14

  Enhanced file path completion in bash (like in zsh)

  Zsh offers a lot of significant improvements over traditional shell experience. Some of those can also be implemented in bash, but others are not. For a long time I've thought that advanced file path expansion is something that can't be done in bash. Today I prove myself wrong. Background When …
• 2017-10-05

  Execute the same git subcommand in all local repositories

  If you work with more than one git project simultaneously, you often need to do the same maintenance tasks in each cloned repository: check if there are some changes waiting to be pushed, check remote URLs for all repos (e.g. when considering to switch from HTTPS authentication with GitHub …