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How do you rename a Git tag?

Today I was looking through the logs for a project and realized that I fat fingered a tag name some time ago. Is there some way to rename the tag? Google hasn't turned up anything useful. I realize I could check out the tagged version and make a new…
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How do function pointers in C work?

I had some experience lately with function pointers in C. So going on with the tradition of answering your own questions, I decided to make a small summary of the very basics, for those who need a quick dive-in to the subject.
Yuval Adam
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How do you do block comments in YAML?

How do I comment a block of lines in YAML?
Thierry Lam
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How do I delete unpushed git commits?

I accidentally committed to the wrong branch. How do I delete that commit?
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Check if checkbox is checked with jQuery

How can I check if a checkbox in a checkbox array is checked using the id of the checkbox array? I am using the following code, but it always returns the count of checked checkboxes regardless of id. function isCheckedById(id) { alert(id); …
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How do I rename both a Git local and remote branch name?

I have a local branch master that points to a remote branch origin/regacy (oops, typo!). How do I rename the remote branch to origin/legacy or origin/master? I tried: git remote rename regacy legacy But this gave an error: error : Could not…
JayD
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Change column type in pandas

I created a DataFrame from a list of lists: table = [ ['a', '1.2', '4.2' ], ['b', '70', '0.03'], ['x', '5', '0' ], ] df = pd.DataFrame(table) How do I convert the columns to specific types? In this case, I want to convert…
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Hidden Features of C#?

This came to my mind after I learned the following from this question: where T : struct We, C# developers, all know the basics of C#. I mean declarations, conditionals, loops, operators, etc. Some of us even mastered the stuff like Generics,…
Serhat Ozgel
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Create a tag in a GitHub repository

I have a repository in GitHub and I need to tag it. I tagged in a shell, but on GitHub, it is not showing up. Do I have to do anything else? The command I used in the shell is: git tag 2.0 And now when I type git tag it shows: 2.0 So it seems…
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How to switch databases in psql?

In MySQL, I used use database_name; What's the psql equivalent?
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How can I "add existing frameworks" in Xcode 4?

I can't find the good old "Add existing frameworks" option. How do I do this? We're talking about Xcode 4 DP2 (in the context of iPhone development, as far as it matters...).
Ariel Malka
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Can I concatenate multiple MySQL rows into one field?

Using MySQL, I can do something like: SELECT hobbies FROM peoples_hobbies WHERE person_id = 5; My Output: shopping fishing coding but instead I just want 1 row, 1 col: Expected Output: shopping, fishing, coding The reason is that I'm selecting…
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What is the difference between match_parent and fill_parent?

I'm a little confused about two XML properties: match_parent and fill_parent. It seems that both are the same. Is there any difference between them?
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Virtual member call in a constructor

I'm getting a warning from ReSharper about a call to a virtual member from my objects constructor. Why would this be something not to do?
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YYYY-MM-DD format date in shell script

I tried using $(date) in my bash shell script, however, I want the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. How do I get this?
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