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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Recursively ignoring multiple file patterns in subversion
There are a few filetypes that you likely don’t want to add into any subversion repository, such as .pyc, .log, and .bak files. Not only do they not need to be in the repo, but you also probably don’t appreciate … Continue reading
Python Tip: Create a test dictionary quickly
Sometimes you just want to play around with dictionaries in Python. Alright, probably not very often. But when you do, you might just want any old dictionary, and quickly if possible. Typing lots of quotes and commas and curly braces … Continue reading
Convenient OS and hardware summary information
There are quite a number of ways to get information on your OS and especially your hardware on a Linux system. Instead of remembering them all and sorting through their output, I put together a pair of functions that provide … Continue reading