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Sometimes you need to script a git pull or you just want to completely reset a repo to HEAD. You there are loads of errors git can throw you in the process; such as error: unable to unlink old 'sites/default/settings.php' or error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by checkout. Below is my take on the complete repository reset/clean/pull. Let me know in the comments if you've got a better way or find errors I'm missing.

Creating nodes via the UI in Drupal is easy, creating or updating them programmatically(in code) has always been a tedious. I've nearly lost my mind staring into the depths of a dpm($node);

The problem was the lack of straightforward API to handle the field level CRUD. You had to manually shove correctly formatted data into an object, often by comparing against an existing node's array. The correct old process went(and still can if you want!) like this:

I need to insert a key/value at a certain position in an associative array. It seems like a common issue. I was surprised to discover there wasn't a straightforward answer. Here is the method I created. If you know of a more efficient method, please let me know in the comments.

Update: Dave Reid just added basic field token support to Token. Try the beta4 of Token (http://drupal.org/project/token) before Entity Tokens. I worked out what needed to happen a few weeks ago, and finally wrote it up. I didn't realize there was an update the Token when I posted. Haha! Internet moves quick!