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bzr: copy file from one branch to another unrelated branch

Is it possible to copy a file from one branch to another unrelated branch while preserving history for that file? ...

Use a persistent notification to allow the user to return to running Android app

I am developing an app with numerous Activities. I would like to create a persistent notification that (more or less) says, "AppName - Return to AppName" that will be present whenever my background services are running. Creating and disposing of the notification was no problem. Now, the user could be on any of several screens/Activiti...

TSQL: Get Last Queries Ran

Is there a way to get the SQL text for the last few queries? I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ...

Android activity stack problem

Hi, In my application, I have problem with activity management. Indeed, consider I have 3 activities : - Splashscreen - SignIn - Home I would see : - First launch (user not logged) : Splashscreen -> SignIn -> Home (log in valid) - Other launch (user registered) : Splashscreen -> Home (auto log) The problem is : Back from SignIn or Hom...

Languages using for OS development before C

I know that C is the standard programming language for operating system development, but out of curiosity I was wondering what preceded it. What was the main programming language used for operating system development before C? ...

Android activity history stack problem

Hi, In my application, I have problem with activity history stack. Indeed, consider I have 5 activities : Splashscreen SignUp SignIn ForgottenPassword Home I would see : First launch (user not logged) : 3 differents wireframes possible Splashscreen -> SignUp -> Home Splashscreen -> SignUp (already member) -> SignIn (valid log)...

Where can I find the "History of Visual Studio" video shown at the VS 2010 Launch?

Kind of a weird question to ask on SO, but it is programming related, so hear me out! I've been looking for a few months (with no results) for a video shown at a local Visual Studio 2010 launch event. The video was a high-production-value piece covering the history of Visual Studio from the early days up to the present. It was maybe 10...

What is the best jQuery deep linking / history plug-in ?

I am looking to implement deep linking / back button functionality on a web site that uses jQuery and jQuery UI (tabs, dialogs...). I a new to this so I lack the knowledge to evaluate the different offerings in deep. So far, from what I read on the web, I have narrowed my choice down to jQuery BBQ and the Asual address plugin. Is there ...

How to delete IE addressbar history on Vista/Win7?

First, here is a picture of what I see http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4797/iedrop.png I need an solution to clear addressbar dropdawn, but not using ClearMyTracksByProcess or IE dialogs. I need to delete only a specific URL and all his traces. I deleted manually all traces of that URL in: Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Te...

How to extract a subset of history from Git?

Update: I tried to simplify the real example here to get a clear explanation of my options, but that didn't really work. The linked examples below so far are too general to get even this simple example working. I was able to do this type of thing with SVN all the time and got quite skilled at it. Now I'm finding it extremely difficult i...

Find a file history

Hey, How do I find in which git commits a certain file was changed? like.. git --when-did-it-change scr/ThatBuggyClass.java 88fa9f (HEAD) last time trying to debug it 99321c another round with ThatBuggyClass ... cheers! f. ...

How to delete IE addressbar history on Vista/Win7?

I asked same question on stackoverflow. First, here is a picture of what I see http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4797/iedrop.png I need an solution to clear addressbar dropdawn, but not using ClearMyTracksByProcess or IE dialogs. I need to delete only a specific URL and all his traces. I deleted manually all traces of that URL in: ...

JavaScript history.back() conditionally

My website uses asual address plugin for implementing hash based URL. On one of the pages I have placed a back link. I want the following behavior on click of this link. $('#back_link').click(function(){ If there is any entry in history it should do history.back() If no entry in history, load a default page. }) Is it possible? Not...

DB Schema for Storing Edit-History

I am designing a system which will include a history of edits made to user posts. I expect roughly 1/3 of the posts made by my users to include edits of some kind. Most of those will have only a handful of versions. Reaching the double digits will be very rare. What is the best schema to represent this data in the database? What tables ...

history/favourite feature iphone

Hello friends.. For my current development of iphone app, I want to implement history/favorite feature. After lots of googling I came to conclusion that 'NSUserDefaults' would work better in case of short data storage. But still I am not clear how to interact with NSUserDefaults....Can anyone refer any example or article to work out wit...

Git subtree merge strategy, possible without merging history ?

I've been trying to move away from submodules in order to get a self-contained repository, and the subtree merge strategy seems to match this use-case. However the merged repos' histories appear in my own project's history, which is reather annoying. I've tried git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter path/to/subtree/ HEAD which works.....

Books on the history of Software Development?

Is there a book on the history of Software Development (from the very beginning till say 2005)? I know this is a very broad subject touching many aspects of Computer Science. But it will be great to know, say, not only the reasons behind development of Java(or any other language) but also the associated history. Or how the development o...

web application development frameworks in 1995

I want to know what full web application development framework(s) existed in 1995 if any in the sense that a book on that topic could be bought? Like if I were to go back in time and walk into Barnes n Noble bookstore in 1995, what books about dynamic web application development framework I would see on the bookshelf containing web pro...

Why can't I call `history` from within Ruby?

I can run Bash shell commands from with a Ruby program or irb using backticks (and %x(), system, etc). But that does not work with history for some reason. For example: jones$ irb --simple-prompt >> `whoami` => "jones\n" >> `history` (irb):2: command not found: history => "" From within a Ruby program it produces this error: /usr/lo...

How did SQL become the dominant database language?

For most programming tasks, you've got quite the selection of languages to choose from, and good strong communities behind plenty of them. But when you need to work with a database, there's really only one viable choice these days: SQL. Sure, there are different companies with different implementations and dialects, but you're still lo...