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Remove old .svn files in an orphaned checked out project

By admin | Published: October 19, 2009
I recently found myself with a checked out Subversion project that was orphaned from its repository. I wanted to create a new repository and import the files there to start from scratch, but was stuck with thousands of .svn folders, all through the project. This is the best way I’ve found to remove all the [...]
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How to prevent weird characters after MySQL export and import

By admin | Published: September 26, 2009
When you export from a MySQL Database to a .sql file, then import that into a new Database, you may find a bunch of weird characters. This post is not an exhaustive explanation of why the problem happens, more a note on how to avoid the issue when exporting and importing in MySQL. The issue is [...]
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