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updated: 18/12/2025 In my previous post, I wrote about using GIT with an SVN server pathing across different processes. One of these was cloning an SVN repository. This topic can be used to convert an SVN repository to GIT one with all its revision history. The Process We can use the cloning command to set up the starting revision of our new GIT clone, by … Continue reading HOWTO Convert SVN repository to GIT
To rename a GIT branch, we must follow two separate steps. Rename the local branch Switch to the branch we need to rename, and then type the command below: git branch -m <new branch name> Rename the remote branch This step is necessary only if the old branch already exists in the remote repository. push the branch with the new name: git push -u <git_repo> … Continue reading HOWTO to rename GIT branch
Released a new bug-fix version: – fixed problems with UNC long file names. link
Released a new shiny version: – fixed rare crash in file deletions processing. – restored missing & forgotten ‘2 seconds tolerance’ in files’ comparisons. – minor fixes & enhancements. link
I needed to have one or more MySQL-like DB instances ‘on demand‘ under Windows with minimal system modifications (like installing services, …) and baseline tasks. A good objective might be the ability to run it without any administrative access rights requirement. Installation After a short research, I chose the portable version of MariaDB (one of the best MySQL clones). Unzip and place the package where … Continue reading HOWTO install and setup a on demand MySQL-like DB on W11
With Windows 10’s incoming end-of-support, I started to study the destiny of some of my old PCs. A good idea might be to run the MS PC Health Check for a detailed view of the situation. Without a maintained OS, I might consider installing some linux distribution, or even dismiss the asset. My preferred solution would be to find a way to upgrade to W11 … Continue reading HOWTO Upgrade to W11 on PC with Unsupported CPU
– [ms store] fixed the empty list problem for background permissions settings. Home Page
After installing W11 24H2, I discovered that I cannot access to my home NAS because my organization has disabled insecure guest logon. The NAS is a reanimated ancient HP WD with a new 2TB SSD and OpenWRT, and I am not planning to add any personal access credentials up to now. I also verified that this behavior is different than W11 23H2 which seems to … Continue reading HOWTO Enable Insecure Guest Logon on W11
updated 01/11/2024 Occasionally I use Intel assembler language to squeeze processing power from my programs. A cheap solution was C inline assembler sections, but VS2022 doesn’t support them in a 64-bits program. Other compilers use more or less complex solutions (IBM assembler, …). This forced me to consider including and linking .asm files in my projects. I can split them with 32 and 64 bits … Continue reading HOWTO integrate NASM with VS2022
– [oem drv] fixed sporadic version comparison issues. Home Page