Having Git autocomplete branch names when doing a checkout is super useful. Having the autocomplete hang for 30 seconds because it has to look up all 3000 of the remote branches in a massive repo is not so useful. It's actually pretty frustrating.

My solution: changing the git checkout autocomplete to only look at local branches, while using a git checkoutr alias to preserve the original behaviour (because sometimes it's actually needed).

How it's done:

Define an alias for checkout

We're going to use the same checkout command for the remote checkout, but need to have a different command so the script can differentiate between them. Making an alias does exactly this.

Create the alias by running git config --global alias.checkoutr checkout

Change the autocompletion function

The checkout autocomplete behaviour is defined in a function called _git_checkout in the git autocompletion file. We're going to override the function with our own version that has different autocomplete logic in it.

The location of the file varies over different operating systems and configurations, but here are a few spots to look:

• /etc/bash_completion.d/git
• /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/git

For a brew-installed git autocomplete on macOS, the file will probably be $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/git-completion.bash

Once you've found the file, copy the entire _git_checkout function into your .bashrc (or equivalent non-login shell startup script). Now look for the line

__git_complete_refs $track_opt

We're going to replace that line with:

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if [ "$command" = "checkoutr" ]; then
    __git_complete_refs $track_opt
else
    __gitcomp_direct "$(__git_heads "" "$cur" " ")"
fi

After saving and re-sourcing your .bashrc file, git will autocomplete local branches and tags when using git checkout, but will go back to the default behaviour of autocompleting all references when using git checkoutr.

Credits to a combination of answers on this StackOverflow post.

EDIT 2017-10-02: Updated to work with git v2.13.0 thanks to Alexander Ko's comment.
EDIT 2018-03-24: Updated to speed up branch and tag completion.

The Xposed Framework is a neat Android program that enables user-made modules to change the behaviour of the lower-level Android OS. It does this by modifying /system/bin/app_process to add some hooks into it.

The issue is that when flashing a new ROM, the modified app_process is reverted back to the original version, disabling the Xposed Framework until it's restored.

The solution to this is a script that will automatically back up the existing app_process before a flash, then restore it after the flash completes.

The 90-xposed.sh script does exactly that. To enable it, download it to the Android device, move it to /system/addon.d/90-xposed.sh, and give it executable permissions.

This can be done on the device with a few different programs, but it's much easier to do from a computer with adb.

Download the script and push it to the SD card of the Android device with

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adb push 90-xposed.sh /sdcard/

Once the file is on the device, log into it (using adb shell) and run the following commands:

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su  # Get root permissions
cp /sdcard/90-xposed.sh /system/addon.d/  # Copy the file to the correct folder
chmod 755 /system/addon.d/90-xposed.sh  # Make the file executable

After logging out of the device, the Xposed framework will stay installed and active even after flashing a new ROM. Note that this should only really be used in situations where the ROM isn't changing too much (like flashing a new nightly ROM).

In situations where app_process would actually be changed by the flash, this script could cause issues as it would restore an incorrect version of the file. If this happens, delete app_process and app_process.orig in the /system/bin/ directory, then reflash. The script won't interfere, allowing the flash to update app_process to the correct version. After rebooting, install the Xposed Framework again.

Preamble

This article will focus on setting strict speed limits on misbehaving devices on your network. This can be a housemate incessantly torrenting, your kid downloading movies on iTunes, or anyone else clogging up your network with their overzealous bandwidth gobbling.

If you're looking for help with the QOS (quality of service) settings that come baked into most router firmwares, this article is not for you.

This article assumes you have a router running OpenWRT, DD-WRT, Tomato, or any other firmware that uses tc to manipulate traffic control settings.

Procedure

First, you'll need to get shell access to the router. With most custom router firmwares, this is as easy as selecting a radio button. Other firmwares might give you the ability to enter commands via a web interface. Whatever works.

Once you have shell access, follow the steps below. Note that bits of the commands you might want to change are included in brackets.

1. Using ifconfig, find the interface to apply the limits to. You'll want to use either the internal or external default gateway (the interfaces all the packets go though). Keep in mind which interface you use as the filtering rules will be reversed.

   • Internal gateway: to src = uploading, to dst = downloading
   • External gateway: to src = downloading, to dst = uploading

2. Remove all existing rules on the interface (interface = br0)

   1	tc qdisc del dev br0 root

3. Set up the connection (Ex: connection speed = 20mbit)

   1	tc qdisc add dev br0 root handle 1: cbq avpkt 1000 bandwidth 20mbit

4. Add the limiting rule (Ex: speed limit = 10mbit)

   1	tc class add dev br0 parent 1: classid 1:1 cbq rate 10mbit allot 1500 prio 5 bounded isolated

5. Filtering - Add the users to apply to rule to

   • By src IP (Ex: IP = 192.168.1.100)

     1	tc filter add dev br0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 16 u32 match ip src 192.168.1.100 flowid 1:1

   • By dst IP (Ex: IP = 192.168.1.100)

     1	tc filter add dev br0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 16 u32 match ip dst 192.168.1.100 flowid 1:1

   • By src MAC (Ex: MAC = M0-M1-M2-M3-M4-M5)

     1	tc filter add dev br0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 5 u32 match u16 0x0800 0xFFFF at -2 match u16 0xM4M5 0xFFFF at -4 match u32 0xM0M1M2M3 0xFFFFFFFF at -8 flowid 1:1

   • By dst MAC (Ex: MAC = M0-M1-M2-M3-M4-M5)

     1	tc filter add dev br0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 5 u32 match u16 0x0800 0xFFFF at -2 match u32 0xM2M3M4M5 0xFFFFFFFF at -12 match u16 0xM0M1 0xFFFF at -14 flowid 1:1

Sources

• http://lartc.org/lartc.html
• http://www.docum.org/faq/cache/62.html