Posts

All the articles I've posted.

• Parse git merge commit messages

  31 Jan, 2013

  PowerShell function with regex patterns to parse git's auto-generated merge commit messages and extract branch names.

• Useful git hooks - Part 4

  29 Jan, 2013

  Summary of an expanded git hooks suite enforcing branch merge order, rebase safety, TeamCity build status, and push timing rules.

• WTF_ PowerShell 3 _ Cygwin

  1 Jan, 2013

  PowerShell -Version 2 flag is ignored when launched from Cygwin, always running PowerShell 3 instead.

• PowerShell 3 bug with stack trace

  6 Dec, 2012

  PowerShell 3 shows incorrect line numbers in stack traces when CmdletBinding and ErrorActionPreference are combined; trap workaround included.

• PowerShell $PSScriptRoot vs dot-sourcing

  31 Oct, 2012

  Bug in PowerShell 2 where dot-sourcing overwrites $PSScriptRoot; workaround using a function instead of a variable.

• Useful git hooks - Part 3

  31 Oct, 2012

  Completion of the git hooks suite with functional tests using PoshUnit and UI Automation PowerShell Extensions.

• PowerShell script best practices

  30 Oct, 2012

  Best practices for PowerShell scripts: error handling preamble, strict mode, PSScriptRoot, and readability rules.

• WTF Method overloads resolution in PowerShell

  26 Oct, 2012

  PowerShell resolves .NET method overloads differently from C#, causing unexpected method calls with bool arguments.

• Indent styles holy wars

  19 Oct, 2012

  Discussion of Allman vs K&R brace styles across C#, JavaScript, CSS, and PowerShell.

• PoshUnit

  18 Oct, 2012

  Announcement of PoshUnit, a new portable PowerShell unit testing framework inspired by NUnit.