Problem Git is a powerful version control system, which has fast become the industry standard for developers around the world. Recently, whilst working with Git on the Windows OS I encountered the error Filename too long. In this post, I’ll delve into the root cause of this error and provide the solution that worked for […]
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Overview In 2024, GitHub announced that GitHub Certifications were generally available, offering a means to demonstrate knowledge and experience on the GitHub platform. Having recently completed the GitHub Actions Certification, in this blog article I share my experience of sitting the exam, including, my study approach, the learning resources I used, tips for the exam, […]
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Problem Recently whilst working on a C# solution in Visual Studio 2022, I encountered an unusual issue whereby VS would fail to build my project according to the build log, however, VS did not report any errors in the “Error List” panel. If you too have encountered the same error, then you are in luck, […]
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Problem Recently whilst trying to enable GitHub CoPilot within VSCode in a corporate enterprise environment, I encountered the following warning when trying to authenticate with GitHub: [certificates] failed to read root certificates Often in a corporate enterprise IT environment, IT will install a self-signed root certificate, which all devices must trust before they can access […]
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Problem Recently, whilst trying to run the following command in a GitHub Actions workflow script to create a new Release in my GitHub Repository: gh release create XXXX --generate-notes However, strangely I encountered the following workflow error: HTTP 403: Resource not accessible by integration If you’ve faced the same error, then you’re in luck – […]
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Problem Recently whilst using Cmder on Windows 11, I encountered the below error while running command ‘ls’ to list the files, and in this post I’ll explain the solution that worked for me. ‘ls’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
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Problem Whilst recently installing Specflow on a new Windows PC, I ran into an unexpected error after running the below command: dotnet tool install --global SpecFlow.Plus.License --version 3.9.7 This is the error I encountered whilst running the above command: C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Temp\cd1e38b3-c92a-436d-b439-f1535d848adc\restore.csproj : error NU1101: Unable to find package specflow.plus.license. No packages exist with this id in source(s): C:\Program […]
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Overview Deploying resources to the cloud through deployment pipelines requires the need to authenticate with the various cloud providers in a standardised and secure manner. GitHub Actions offers the ability to authenticate with Azure using OpenID Connect (OIDC). In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of setting up OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication with […]
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Problem SharePoint Framework (SPFx) offers a flexible approach to building custom solutions for Microsoft SharePoint that leverage modern web development technologies. Recently whilst deploying a SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solution into a SharePoint Online environment, I encountered intermittent caching issues and 404 failures. There was no clear pattern as to why the issues would occur. After […]
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Overview Azure Function Apps allow developers to build and deploy event-driven applications in the cloud. However, as with any software we can sometimes run into unusual issues, in particular, I recently ran into the below error when trying to deploy an Azure Function App through a GitHub Actions CICD pipeline. If you have also encountered […]
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