Developer Tricks

Note: this is a page of useful tricks for developers.

Mac

Git completion

https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/contrib/completion

• git-prompt.sh. This changes the prompt on the command line to show the current branch. Install by copying it to /, follow install instructions. For a cleaner prompt, replace the PS1 suggested with: PS1='\w$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")> ' The prompt will look like: ~/stan (master)> where "/stan" is the current directory, "(master)" indicates the current branch is the master branch.

• git-completition.*sh. Install this for auto-completion from the command line. It auto-completes git commands and git branches. For example, type git checkout then hit tab twice. It should show the available branches.

Aquamacs: single kill buffer

By default, aquamacs will has multiple kill buffers. This means that there is a copy and paste buffer by using command-c/x/v and there is a separate copy and paste buffer by using ctrl-w, alt-w, ctrl-y. This gets really confusing. Here's how to have a single kill buffer so copying from any Mac program will paste into emacs using ctrl-y or command-v.

1. Open ~/.emacs (or wherever else you're storing your preferences)
2. Add: (setq x-select-enable-clipboard t)