Prevent Windows from restarting after an update

Windows Vista/7: Start > search for gpedit.msc. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update and enable "No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations".

All non-Home users can apply the same policy change by adding a new key to the registry. Go to Start > Run/Search for regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Policies Microsoft Windows WindowsUpdate AU. Create a new 32-bit DWORD value named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers and give it a value of 1.

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How to use git with an svn repo

Do you have a subversion repo? Think you're stuck with outdated subversion workflows? Not anymore! Use the fabulous git to work with your subversion hosted code:

git svn clone https://example.com/path/to/trunk -T trunk -b branches -t tags

(may take a long time with large repos, e.g. several days)

Now you can rebase your code! You can do all your work with git - easily branch, stash, rebase, blame, etc. - and when you're done, push back to subversion.

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See subversion branches:
git branch -r

Update the git repo (may take several hours for large repos - you don't need to run this more than once):
git svn fetch --fetch-all

Update the current branch (run this on trunk/master instead of "fetch" above):
git svn rebase

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Lock rows with DBIx::Class

$schema->txn_do(sub{

    $foos_rs->search({}, {for => 'update'})->all; # Lock rows

    # Check status of something

    # Update it
});

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