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Edit Post #293563 Initial revision 15 days ago
Answer A: Why force designation of a remote main branch?
As far as I can see, the GitHub documentation does not refer to a "primary" branch but it does refer to a "default" branch. This may seem like verbal nit-picking but I think it's an important distinction. The default branch isn't necessarily "more important" than other branches, it is just the branch...
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15 days ago
Edit Post #293550 Post edited:
Clarify first paragraphs refer to obvious/off-topic/commercial spam
15 days ago
Comment Post #293550 That's more or less what I was aiming for in the final paragraph. Maybe it deserves more prominence though.
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15 days ago
Edit Post #293550 Initial revision 16 days ago
Answer A: How to handle correct answers that also include spam?
In my opinion, there is a single appropriate response to any incident of obvious, commercial, off-topic spam: an immediate, unconditional, one-strike-and-you're-out, permanent ban of the user and the deletion of all their content. There is no logic in trying to change the user's behaviour with war...
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16 days ago
Edit Post #293472 Initial revision about 1 month ago
Answer A: Iterating over pixels in QImage (Qt): which method adapts better for any image size?
If your only concern is overflowing the 64-bit `pixelCount` value, you can safely forget about it. By the time you are processing an image with 18 quintillion (`2^64`) pixels, you will have bigger problems than a simple loop counter. The largest images produced so far are approaching 1 terapixel (`10...
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about 1 month ago
Edit Post #293422 Post edited:
Add in alternative using `git -c` instead of environment variable
about 1 month ago
Edit Post #293422 Initial revision about 1 month ago
Answer A: Get global gitconfig path
This works for me in both `bash` and `zsh` on Debian 12. I can't guarantee it will work the same on every platform and shell. ```bash EDITOR=echo git config --global --edit 2>/dev/null ``` or, if you prefer not to rely on environment variables: ```bash git -c "core.editor=echo" config --g...
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about 1 month ago