Lessons Learned

28FEB28 - Git remote track fix

Intro

While working on my git repo for my research project found here: https://github.com/adminprivileges/ebpH I was making changes to a local branch and pushing it up to the remote github repo without really worrying about where it was going because I assumed it was going to a remote branch. I was wrong and the changes were going directly to main. This isnt really a huge issue since the repo is only for me, but I’m typing this out so hopefully I dont make this mistake somewhere it actually matters and so I can have the steps to fix it id it does. I’ll include the actual output to give you a practical example as well and you can check out the repo for the exact changes.

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28AUG25 - Dont Forget to update initramfs

01. Intro

I use ZFSBootMenu to manage my boot environments and help me roll back when I inevitably do something destructive to my system. Today I decided to change my encryption password because my current one has a key combination that confused my fingers so I almost always typed it incorrectly the first time. I changed my zfs rpool password, but I neglected to update initramfs. Im documenting the steps to properly change my password here so that i dont forget.

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