+# some information about the feisty meow codebase itself.
+
+define_yeti_alias feisty_branch='pushd $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX ; git branch ; popd'
+
+##############
+
+# some important retreads on aliases that provide a sudo-ized version of other scripts.
+
+define_yeti_alias snarf_linux_config="sudo -E PERLLIB=\$PERLLIB perl \$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/archival/snarf_linux_config.pl"
+define_yeti_alias standup="sudo bash \"$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/site_avenger/standup.sh\""
+
+#hmmm: some magma intrusions from the fred customizations...
+define_yeti_alias revamp_web_permissions="sudo bash \"$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/fred/scripts/cakelampvm/revamp_web_permissions.sh"
+
+##############
+