git alias to pull forward only

 Simple git alias that does pull --ff-only. It is possible to configure git pull to do --ff-only by default - https://blog.sffc.xyz/post/185195398930/why-you-should-use-git-pull-ff-only-git-is-a
but I prefer to have default settings for commands to have fine-grained control over the operations.

Open .gitconfig (usually it is in c:/users/YOUR-USER/.gitconfig) and add an alias:

[alias]

up = !git pull --ff-only

git alias to pull another branch and checkout it

 Open .gitconfig (usually it is in c:/users/YOUR-USER/.gitconfig) and add an alias:

[alias]

cb = !git fetch origin $1:$1 && git checkout

Then instead of doing

> git checkout master

> git pull

You can do 

> git cb master

And avoid double changes that cause reload in IDE.

Simplify folder navigation in windows terminal powershell

Open settings json file in windows terminal (ctrl+shift+,), find "actions" json array, add two commands (don't forget about preceding coma):

        {

            "command":

            {

                "action": "sendInput",

                "input": "cd ..\r"

            },

            "keys": "alt+up"

        },

        {

            "command":

            {

                "action": "sendInput",

                "input": "cd \u0000"

            },

            "keys": "alt+down"

        }

From now on pressing Alt+Up will go one level up (like in Windows Explorer) and pressing Alt+Down will bring powershell hint for switching the directory:

The trick here is to use \u0000 which is a terminal equivalent of pressing Ctrl+Space. It is applicable only to powershell, since there is no directory browsing feature in a regular cmd.

How to remove all local git branches except master through Powershell

 git branch -D @(git branch --format '%(refname:lstrip=2)' | where {$_ -ne 'master'} )

How to remove annoying items from windows explorer context menu

Menu items should be removed from registry.

Share with skype:
Remove HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\Share with skype
Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PackagedCom\Package\Microsoft.SkypeApp(XXXXXXX and so on)\Class\{xxxxxx}
Create a new string key to forbid Skyep to create this menu again HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked\{776DBC8D-7347-478C-8D71-791E12EF49D8}

Move to OneDrive:
Create a new string key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked\{CB3D0F55-BC2C-4C1A-85ED-23ED75B5106B}

Deterministic builds for .NET in .csproj

There is a feature to produce equivalent byte output for the same code https://gist.github.com/aelij/b20271f4bd0ab1298e49068b388b54ae

To setup it in csproj file there should be next section:

<PropertyGroup>

  <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>

  <PathMap>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)=C:\</PathMap>

</PropertyGroup>

tgit script to use TortoiseGit from command line

https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/tgit BTW: it is installed automatically with posh-git powershell module

Create and checkout branch in git

git checkout -b new_branch_name

Restart machine remotely

shutdown /r /m \\machine.name /d p:4:1 /c "1"

How to base your branch on different branch

Nice article describing the process
https://makandracards.com/makandra/10173-git-how-to-rebase-your-feature-branch-from-one-branch-to-another

git checkout feature/mybranch
git rebase --onto new_target_branch current_parent_branch

Shortcut cheat sheets

Visual studio code - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings
Resharper - https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/docs/ReSharper_DefaultKeymap_VSscheme.pdf
Chrome developer tools - https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/iterate/inspect-styles/shortcuts

Useful git commands cheat-sheet

git commit --amend -m "New commit message"
git push origin --tags
git push --set-upstream origin name
git branch -u origin/foo - track remote branch
git remote -v - view list of remotes
git remote set-url origin - set remote
git branch -m newname - rename current branch

git push origin master -f - forced push

Rebase branch

git checkout feature/branch
git rebase master
git checkout master
git merge feature/branch // fast-forward here

Cleanup

git branch -D name - delete branch locally
git push origin --delete branchname or git push origin :branchname (:branchname should not exist locally then)git

git tag -d name - delete tag locally
git push origin :refs/tags/name - delete tag remotely

git reset --hard HEAD~1 - one commit back

git remote show origin (shows what is in origin and what is stale)
git remote prune origin (removes all local garbage from repo)
git branch -lvv (view list of branches with remotes and marks if remote gone)
git clean -df (remove all untracked files)
git checkout . (discard all the changes to tracked files)

Code snippet to investigate an object content without dances with debugger in C#

var investigated = ...; // assign your object here
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(
    @"D:\test.json",
    Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
        investigated, 
        new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented,
            TypeNameHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.TypeNameHandling.Objects
        }));