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Sync .env files

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:04:17 +0100

The .env file is a common standard to define environment variables and secrets for a software project. When working on multiple machines and in teams, ensuring that the .env files are up-to-date is important.

I was looking for a solution to solve this problem. If you duck for “Sync .env files” you will most likely end up on https://www.dotenv.org/docs/quickstart/sync. The Dotenv project provides a service for syncing .env files. However, their service requires an account and this was out of question in my case.

How can I sync secrets with my team using git only?

ILIAS Synchronising Tool

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:27:19 +0000

My university Hochschule Luzern uses ILIAS as an open source e-learning and content management platform.

The main part of the publishing process for ILIAS looks like this: The lectureres publish their content (presentations, scripts, software, ..) to ILIAS and the students download it afterwards. It is possible to set up a notification for related changes. However the students still have to copy the files to the local computer manually.

To make this a bit easier, I’ve developed a synchronisation tool with PowerShell. It consists of four script files:

Backup your OneNote files

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:01:23 +0000

If you’re using OneDrive to sync your OneNote files, all OneNote data is stored online. There’s no “real” file containing your notes on your computer. However by default OneNote backs up your Notebook. But you might not be shure where that is?

Office 365 DirSync do not import disabled users

Tue, 06 May 2014 09:13:03 +0000

One of my clients mentioned that he follows people in the newsfeed who weren’t employed any more.

Occasionally we disable the this kind of users in the Active Directory but don’t delete them.

It seems that DirSync doesn’t filter disabled accounts.