As you may know, I work for a IniTech doing software development. One
of those things you do in the field is version control, tracking changes
to your source code. That's all cool, except within your source code
tree, lots of detritus and extra files or folder gets accumulated.
of those things you do in the field is version control, tracking changes
to your source code. That's all cool, except within your source code
tree, lots of detritus and extra files or folder gets accumulated.
It makes grep-ping for strings difficult. You end up gaining knowledge
on how to "find" your source files, "grep" for the strings, and piping
them into xargs for doing things.
Enter ack, the find|grep|xargs replacement. I installed the standalone
perl script version, and find life somewhat easier. Takes the annoyance
out of searching source code.
Plus, it's all about Bill the cat. Thpppt.
Labels: lotd, software development