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Base for iterating over git history - is this code clean?

I wanted to do some statistics over the history of a Git repository. At first I tried using GitPython, but it wasn't as trivial as I imagined it to be. In the end, I just call the necessary git ...
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How do I keep a database of repo stats and user stats, in sync with github? [on hold]

How do I keep a database of repo stats and user stats, in sync with GitHub? I know that I can use curl https://api.github.com/repos/reggi/handwritten and ...
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Missing level of technical depth (Common Ancestor)

I recently have given a coding test in a reputable IT company. There were three coding questions. They refused me by saying that as we felt they didn't demonstrate the level of technical depth ...
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Bash script to clone all public repos or gists for a specified user, optionally to a directory of choice

I wrote this script as a way to backup and/or download quickly a set of repos or gists from a user. I don't have any major concerns but I'm a noob at bash scripting, and I've been scouring the ...
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Script to checkout multiple repositories to a certain commit hash

I am writing a script which checkout a git repo to certain commit hash, do something and switch back to master. The purpose of ...
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Function launching default editor

I have written a function that launches the default editor set in git config, right now I have managed to get it working for Sublime, nano and Vim. ...
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Git command: push the latest commit and email the diff in colour

This is my first attempt a for git command I can use to push the latest commit and email the diff. Story behind how it came up: http://goo.gl/3NEHvn Revision 1 (Scroll down for 2nd Revision) ...
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Make a git repository read-only over ssh depending on the key used

I want a git repository, accessible over ssh, to be read-only when used with certain keys. With other keys access to the full system is okay. Here is my solution. git-readonlyshell: ...
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Checking if a git repository needs to be updated

I made a small Vim distribution that uses vundle. I decided to make a small function that checks if the repository must be updated. ...
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Coverage processing on multiple Java projects with gmake

As part of my data collection, I have to run multiple kinds of coverage processing on multiple Java projects. Below is my main Makefile intented only for gmake. ...
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Pair Programming matrix: room for improvement?

At work, we have a "pair programming ladder" where you can keep track of who is pairing with whom (based on check-ins). The idea is to promote "promiscuous pairing" where each developer eventually ...
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Shell script to help with branch management for tasks in git

I found nvie's git branching model simple enough to grasp and suitable for my projects - but the frontend supplied at GitHub was far too complex for me to understand. Hence, I wrote this script to ...
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Run all scripts in a sub-directory

When git runs my post-receive hook, I'd like it to run all the scripts in the subdirectory ...
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NSTask with Git

This is my first real Cocoa app that I am writing. The first version of this app was just one long applescript. So in my app auto git, I have an NSTask instead of Tell terminal. My code looks like ...
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Backup utility for local git repositories

After reading this Stack Overflow question I decided to write a backup utility for local git repositories. The result is on GitHub. I would like this application to be well-behaved with an ...
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Shell script to sync dotfiles repository

I'm doing the git dot files thing and created a script -- my first Unix shell script -- to synchronise the repo dot files with those in the user's home. It checks which dot files exist in the repo ...
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Python script for a git repository

I am a newbie regarding Python and I would like to improve my Python-fu. As a learning exercise, I decided to write a script for helping me maintain my Unix configuration/dot-files under a git ...
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Cleaning multiple build directories

I'm cleaning build directories produced by GNOME build tool, JHBuild. This tool either downloads tarballs or clones git repositories, depending on set-up. After that, it proceeds to compilation (and ...