git for-each-ref –format=’%(committerdate) %09 %(authorname) %09 %(refname)’ | sort -k5n -k2M -k3n -k4n | awk ‘{print }’ is a great way to see authors for branches
to adjust a tag (bad form) in git: git tag =f; git push origin –tags -f

To remove java do: sudo rm -fr /Library/InternetPlug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin sudo rm -fr /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane


VBoxManage modifyhd /Users/srinathv/VirtualBox VMs/Windows/Windows.vdi –resize 50000 is how you make resize the birtual drive. Note the use of THE space
Use ‘grep -Hn’ to get file name and line number for the match
‘ssh-add -K ~/.ssh/id_rsa*’ to get ssh keys added to Mac Os X keychain

To get ssh keys working with tmux, add to /Users/srinathv/.tmux.conf the following ‘set -g update-environment “SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION”’
-DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON will stop cmake from trying to look for boost’s cmake info…which may be from a system boost and trumps setting BOOST_ROOT and the like.