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How to use .gitignore to include files in nested subdirectories

Background Typically .gitignore is used to ignore files – but what do you do when you want to include files? The trick when including files

How to do HTTP basic auth with Laravel and Guzzle

Here is a snippet that allows you to do basic auth: $client = new Client(); $response = $client->request( ‘POST’, /*instead of POST, you can use

How to configure Virtualmin NGINX for a Laravel application

About Virtualmin NGINX and Laravel Laravel and NGINX works really nicely together, and if you’re using Virtualmin, you’re in even better hands since you’ll be

Regular Expression to find term in and surrounding words

Use this regular expression to highlight a term in the middle of a sentence: (?:\S+\s+){0,4}(money is good)\s*(?:\S+\b\s*){0,4} Here is a great site to test the

How to install the LTS version of Node and NPM

Installing node and npm and even yarn on Ubuntu Linux or Linux Mint can be a nightmare because the usual ‘apt get’ commands do not

“EACCES: permission denied” when installing NativeScript

Installing NativeScript can be a challenge. The NativeScript instructions do not make is totally clear that you must be root when you install it. But

How to search for a string in a local repository on Github

Issue: You’re trying to find some text in a local repo on Github. You’re confused because the big search bar at the top left seems

How to store your Github credentials username and password so that you don’t have to type it every time on the command line

First do: git config credential.helper store Then do: git pull Warning: The storage format is a .git-credentials file, stored in plain-text! You might want to do