Delete all unused repositories and forgotten forks in 6 (semi)-automatic steps! Github forces me to type name of repo for every fork and repository I want to delete. That’s smart and all, but what if one wants to mass-delete a bunch of old, unused, forgotten, dirty little repositories that make his repository list look like… Read More


To check limit open files ulimit -n To increase limit open files to 500000 on ubuntu, use command: sudo sh -c “ulimit -n 500000 && exec su $LOGNAME” Explain issues ulimit is a shell built-in command like cd you can’t use like: sudo cd /test/ similarly you can’t use sudo ulimit -c This is not… Read More


Rsync with a non-standard ssh port While doing some work on the JQuery Plugins site today, I needed to use rsync over ssh. The ssh daemon on the remote server runs on a non-standard port, and all the port related options to rsync only change settings if you’re running the rsync-daemon. After some searching, the… Read More