Tagging in Git

Some aspects of working with GitHub can be very non-intuitive.  One in particular is Tagging a new release of my project and pushing the tags to the remote repository.  See the image below of a GitBash session I use to do my tagging.  This set of commands seems to be working for me.  I use tags to mark a new release of my project.  With this approach it appears I can pull down the full code base for each release by using GitHub to download a zip for the desired tag.  I would also like to do a diff between releases (tags)....still looking for an easy way to do this.

//Other useful commands:
//Show all tags in repository with date
git log --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty="format:%ai %d"
//Show changes since a date
git whatchanged --since='11/05/2014' > git.out

Adobe FormsCentral Page Numbering

This is a bit less technical blog entry, but alas, there are many gotchas in our so called "productivity" software that sometimes requires a bit of research.  Recently I have been using Adobe FormsCentral to create customer current state questionnaires that we use prior to engaging on-site with a customer.  This is a nice format for questionnaire distribution as it has the ease of filling out a web form and intermediate revisions can be saved in PDF files, and finally returned to me as PDF attachments in an email.  One issue I have been having is the mundane but necessary task of adding page numbers to the FormsCentral questionnaires.  Here is the solution I have found that works.  Unfortunately a rather complex solution to a simple requirement.

PDF forms generated by FormsCentral are Reader Extended to allow Adobe Reader users to fill and save PDF forms. A side effect of Reader Extending the PDF form is that it cannot be modified in the full (paid-for) Adobe Acrobat product. The instructions below explain how to edit FormsCentral PDF forms in Acrobat X or XI:

1. Open the FormsCentral PDF form in Adobe Acrobat
2. Go to the File menu and select the Save a Copy… menu item (Note: this is not the same as File > Save As...). This step is important as it will remove the Reader Extended rights and allow you to modify the PDF. Make sure you save under a different name than the current PDF.
3. Open the copy you just saved in step #2
4. Do your modifications. Note: If the form has a FormsCentral Submit button on it then be careful making changes because you could break the Submit button.
5. If your form has a Submit button then test your form by submitting data to make sure the changes you made didn't break anything
6. If you have Acrobat XI then go to File > Save as Others... > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools (include form fill-in & save)…; If you have Acrobat X then go to File >Save as... > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features... This will add the Reader Extended Rights back so that the fillers can save the PDF in previous version of Reader