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Using jgit in-memory with local file system repositories

The slight tweak you need to avoid NullPointerException when using jgit InMemoryRepository to fetch from remotes on the local file system.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on April 1, 2020. Tagged with: howto, java, git, jgit.

iiNet NBN VDSL2 with Proscend VSDL2 SFP module

Connecting my home network to a new iiNet NBN services with a Proscend T-180 VSDL2 SFP module.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on February 18, 2020. Tagged with: howto, vdsl, nbn, iinet, edgerouter, proscend, spf.

Surviving behind an enterprise proxy

This is a short guide to techniques for surviving behind an enterprise proxy.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on May 2, 2018. Tagged with: howto, osx, enterprise, local, http, proxy, configuration.

Installing Dionysus on OS X

A quick guide to installing the Dionysus 2 Python module on OS X.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 15, 2018. Tagged with: Python, howto, software, install.

Emacs, Hunspell, Dictionary, and You

Here's how I (finally) got emacs to use hunspell on OS X with the correct dictionary.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 24, 2017. Tagged with: howto, emacs, spellcheck, dictionaries.

Truncating git history

Sometimes you just want to throw away all the early history of a git repository. This is how to do it.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 1, 2017. Tagged with: howto, git, old-post-is-old.

Installing Python 3.5.1 from source

A quick introduction to installing software (like Python) from source on Linux.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on December 30, 2015. Tagged with: howto, linux, software, install, source, python.

Combining git repositories

A quick run down of combining git repositories which do not share history.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on December 29, 2015. Tagged with: howto, git, rewrite, history.

Using Let's Encrypt

Here's a quick guide to requesting free certificates with Let's Encrypt and installing them on Nginx.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on December 11, 2015. Tagged with: howto, security, ssl, nginx.

Drupal, Search API and Apache Solr with Homebrew on OS X

This is a short, no-frills guide to installing Apache Solr with homebrew on OS X, then using it with the Search API Drupal modules.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on May 13, 2014. Tagged with: howto, drupal, search, solr, homebrew.