Lower the count for the ping alias
Revert "Make Syntastic check the file when it opens"

This reverts commit 4ae5d835893737b5db1a58b0982de67e542902b3.
Fix the git-update-branch script

1. Use merge instead of pull.
2. Push to origin/BRANCH so git doesn't get confused as easily.
Add backup and restore functions to .aliases
Remove matchit.zip (for vim)