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Tags are useful to mark specific versions or releases of your code in a repo on a given branch. To tag everything on the current branch, use:
git tag new-tag-name
To push a new tag to a remote repo, you can either push all tags (which is not recommended):
git push remote-name --tags
or push a specific tag:
git push remote-name tag-name
More example in this SO question.
zsh attempts to expand any potential filename wildcard characters (such as ‘*’ and ‘?’) used in a command before executing it. This can lead to the confusing error “zsh: No match found” error. What makes this confusing is if you’re trying to execute a grep or something where you are trying to find or match something, since the error implies your search is not working, whereas the error is about the patterns zsh is attempting to expand in the command string, and not from executing the command itself.
Depending on what you’re trying to do, the easiest workaround is to wrap parameters in quotes or escape characters like ‘*’ and ‘?’.
e.g. for curl, wrap urls in quotes.
I just picked up a Unisys TO300G VT terminal to use for a few retro projects, and tried connecting it to my VT132 and use it as a wifi AT modem. Initially I wasn’t getting anything echo’d to the screen, then remembered I needed to set the speed to 115200, and then started getting a response from the VT132.
Here’s the menu, with the speed initially at 19200 8N1 :
Now we’ve got responses echoing back but there’s a bunch of CR/LF chars:
Turns out they’re echo’d to the screen if you have the Monitor Mode set to ON, so turning this option off fixed this. Also, the backspace key wasn’t working, and the Recognize Del option set to ON fixed this:
Now using ATD to dial up bbb.fozztexx.com and we’re in business:
Loving the amber glow of the text on this terminal, and the smooth scrolling is <3
After logging on to an ax25 node, you’re shown a message like this:
DAVBBS:KK6DCT-6 Welcome to KK6DCT-6 network node Type ? for a list of commands. help <commandname> gives a description of the named command. -- @kk6dct-6 20:52:01>
This is what is shown by my node that I’m currently setting up. I’d like to show a list of the apps I currently have configured. You can see the configured commands by entering a ? as the message tells you, but the formatting is not ideal, especially as I’m adding more apps and this list is getting cluttered. This is what the ‘?’ command shows for my currently configured apps:
@kk6dct-6 20:52:01> ? DAVBBS:KK6DCT-6 Commands: ?, Advent, Bye, Connect, Escape, Finger, Help, HItchhikers, HOst Info, Links, Mheard, NLinks, Nodes, PIng, Ports, Routes, Status TAlk, Telnet, TIme, Users, W1-WeatherDavisCA, W2-Weather5DaysDavisCA W3-WeatherForCity, W4-Weather5DaysForCity, Z1-Zork1, Z2-Zork2 Z3-Zork3, ZConnect, ZTelnet
When you logon, the first part of the welcome message that’s displayed is configured in /etc/ax25/node.motd (message of the day). Editing this file I can now more cleanly format the menu (and I might come back and change some of the names of the apps to make the menu options clearer later) :
DAVBBS:KK6DCT-6 Welcome to KK6DCT-6 network node W1 - Weather in Davis, CA W2 - 5 day weather forecast: Davis, CA W3 - Weather in specified city W4 - 5 day weather forecast for specified city Advent - Adventure / Colossal Cove Z1 - Zork I Z2 - Zork II Z3 - Zork III Type ? for a list of commands. help <commandname> gives a description of the named command. --
Much better!