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6414227
How to serve GIT through HTTP via NGINX with user/password?
21
2011-06-20 16:09:14
<p>Despite all the links I've found on how to configure git/nginx to get my repos, I can't make them work.</p> <p>I followed this tutorial, <a href="http://www.xiaoka.com/blog/2008/04/13/git-repository-over-http-webdav-with-nginx/">Git repository over HTTP WebDAV with nginx</a>, but the user/password restriction doesn...
47,697
330,867
2021-08-12 11:49:17
17,553,364
24
2013-07-09 16:21:28
1,431,239
2013-07-09 16:31:28
https://stackoverflow.com/q/6414227
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17553364
<p>Take a look at the following article, <a href="http://www.toofishes.net/blog/git-smart-http-transport-nginx/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.toofishes.net/blog/git-smart-http-transport-nginx/</a></p> <p>It provides a sample nginx config:</p> <pre><code>http { ... server { listen 80; serv...
<p>Take a look at the following article, <a href="http://www.toofishes.net/blog/git-smart-http-transport-nginx/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.toofishes.net/blog/git-smart-http-transport-nginx/</a></p> <p>It provides a sample nginx config:</p> <pre><code>http { ... server { listen 80; serv...
119, 6605
git, nginx
<h1>How to serve GIT through HTTP via NGINX with user/password?</h1> <p>Despite all the links I've found on how to configure git/nginx to get my repos, I can't make them work.</p> <p>I followed this tutorial, <a href="http://www.xiaoka.com/blog/2008/04/13/git-repository-over-http-webdav-with-nginx/">Git repository ove...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,789
git
# How to serve GIT through HTTP via NGINX with user/password? Despite all the links I've found on how to configure git/nginx to get my repos, I can't make them work. I followed this tutorial, [Git repository over HTTP WebDAV with nginx](http://www.xiaoka.com/blog/2008/04/13/git-repository-over-http-webdav-with-nginx/...
Take a look at the following article, <http://www.toofishes.net/blog/git-smart-http-transport-nginx/> It provides a sample nginx config: ``` http { ... server { listen 80; server_name git.mydomain.com; location ~ /git(/.*) { # fcgiwrap is set up to listen on this ho...
1783659
Does git clone work through NTLM proxies?
21
2009-11-23 15:01:44
<p>I've tried both using <code>export http_proxy=http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]</code> and <code>git config --global http.proxy http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]</code>. </p> <p>I couldn't make it work. It looks like git uses Basic authentication:</p> <pre><code>Initialized empty Git repository in /home/.../.git/ * Co...
33,667
209,486
2018-01-17 23:48:06
10,848,870
24
2012-06-01 10:49:15
352,672
2014-11-05 16:07:57
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1783659
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10848870
<p>Git supports NTLM proxy authentication from version <strong>1.7.10</strong> onwards, relevant commit is <a href="https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/dd6139971a18e25a5089c0f96dc80e454683ef0b">https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/dd6139971a18e25a5089c0f96dc80e454683ef0b</a></p> <p><strong>1.7.10</strong> <a href="...
<p>Git supports NTLM proxy authentication from version <strong>1.7.10</strong> onwards, relevant commit is <a href="https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/dd6139971a18e25a5089c0f96dc80e454683ef0b">https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/dd6139971a18e25a5089c0f96dc80e454683ef0b</a></p> <p><strong>1.7.10</strong> <a href="...
119, 760, 1554, 2269
curl, git, ntlm, proxy
<h1>Does git clone work through NTLM proxies?</h1> <p>I've tried both using <code>export http_proxy=http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]</code> and <code>git config --global http.proxy http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]</code>. </p> <p>I couldn't make it work. It looks like git uses Basic authentication:</p> <pre><code>Initi...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,790
git
# Does git clone work through NTLM proxies? I've tried both using `export http_proxy=http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]` and `git config --global http.proxy http://[username]:[pwd]@[proxy]`. I couldn't make it work. It looks like git uses Basic authentication: ``` Initialized empty Git repository in /home/.../.git/ * C...
Git supports NTLM proxy authentication from version **1.7.10** onwards, relevant commit is <https://github.com/gitster/git/commit/dd6139971a18e25a5089c0f96dc80e454683ef0b> **1.7.10** [release notes](https://raw.github.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.10.txt) briefly mentioned it as: ``` * HTTP transport ...
20325089
Hosting a git server on localhost
20
2013-12-02 09:43:30
<p>My company does not have a central git server, and neither do they allow me to use BitBucket etc. </p> <p>Is there anyway I can use my localhost as <code>remote</code> ?</p> <p>EDIT: I am on a windows machine</p>
31,167
690,851
2017-06-29 10:02:42
20,329,071
24
2013-12-02 13:04:59
12,471
2013-12-02 13:04:59
https://stackoverflow.com/q/20325089
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20329071
<p>Local directories work just like remote repository URLs, so basically there's nothing you need to do as long as you're the only person using the repository.</p> <p>Example, assuming Git Bash (from msysgit):</p> <pre><code>mkdir /c/git mkdir /c/git/testrepo.git cd /c/git/testrepo.git git init --bare cd $TEMP git cl...
<p>Local directories work just like remote repository URLs, so basically there's nothing you need to do as long as you're the only person using the repository.</p> <p>Example, assuming Git Bash (from msysgit):</p> <pre><code>mkdir /c/git mkdir /c/git/testrepo.git cd /c/git/testrepo.git git init --bare cd $TEMP git cl...
119, 456
git, version-control
<h1>Hosting a git server on localhost</h1> <p>My company does not have a central git server, and neither do they allow me to use BitBucket etc. </p> <p>Is there anyway I can use my localhost as <code>remote</code> ?</p> <p>EDIT: I am on a windows machine</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,792
git
# Hosting a git server on localhost My company does not have a central git server, and neither do they allow me to use BitBucket etc. Is there anyway I can use my localhost as `remote` ? EDIT: I am on a windows machine
Local directories work just like remote repository URLs, so basically there's nothing you need to do as long as you're the only person using the repository. Example, assuming Git Bash (from msysgit): ``` mkdir /c/git mkdir /c/git/testrepo.git cd /c/git/testrepo.git git init --bare cd $TEMP git clone /c/git/testrepo.g...
14595772
have composer update get latest version from git repo
20
2013-01-30 02:37:02
<p>I am trying to move away from git submodules for the development in my team. The most important reason for this is that when a team member commits changes in a submodule, but forgets to push to origin, but does push the reference to this new commit in the "root" project, origin is broken, and the other developers ge...
17,814
520,819
2013-01-30 09:17:21
14,600,363
24
2013-01-30 09:17:21
291,573
2013-01-30 09:17:21
https://stackoverflow.com/q/14595772
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14600363
<p>If you won't have to specify each version separately in your repositories section, you'll need to add a <code>composer.json</code> file to <strong>wkjagt/Seagull</strong> and include the package like this:</p> <pre><code>{ "type": "vcs", "url": "https://github.com/wkjagt/Seagull" }, </code></pre> <p>Composer...
<p>If you won't have to specify each version separately in your repositories section, you'll need to add a <code>composer.json</code> file to <strong>wkjagt/Seagull</strong> and include the package like this:</p> <pre><code>{ "type": "vcs", "url": "https://github.com/wkjagt/Seagull" }, </code></pre> <p>Composer...
5, 119, 78546
composer-php, git, php
<h1>have composer update get latest version from git repo</h1> <p>I am trying to move away from git submodules for the development in my team. The most important reason for this is that when a team member commits changes in a submodule, but forgets to push to origin, but does push the reference to this new commit in th...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,794
git
# have composer update get latest version from git repo I am trying to move away from git submodules for the development in my team. The most important reason for this is that when a team member commits changes in a submodule, but forgets to push to origin, but does push the reference to this new commit in the "root" ...
If you won't have to specify each version separately in your repositories section, you'll need to add a `composer.json` file to **wkjagt/Seagull** and include the package like this: ``` { "type": "vcs", "url": "https://github.com/wkjagt/Seagull" }, ``` Composer can then read through your tags and treat them as ...
12281859
Can I continue working while git pushes?
20
2012-09-05 12:51:32
<p>I am doing my initial import of existing code into git, it is quite a big codebase so the push is taking it's time.</p> <p>From what I am aware git gets the changes and then does the upload, so am I safe to continue working while the push is going, or do I need to wait for it to complete before I modify the files?<...
1,435
383,759
2012-09-05 12:55:10
12,281,931
24
2012-09-05 12:55:10
11,343
2012-09-05 12:55:10
https://stackoverflow.com/q/12281859
https://stackoverflow.com/a/12281931
<p>When Git pushes, it doesn't read or write anything from the working tree, only stuff from the <code>.git</code> folder.</p> <p>So yes, you're safe to continue working.</p>
<p>When Git pushes, it doesn't read or write anything from the working tree, only stuff from the <code>.git</code> folder.</p> <p>So yes, you're safe to continue working.</p>
119, 28898
git, git-push
<h1>Can I continue working while git pushes?</h1> <p>I am doing my initial import of existing code into git, it is quite a big codebase so the push is taking it's time.</p> <p>From what I am aware git gets the changes and then does the upload, so am I safe to continue working while the push is going, or do I need to w...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,795
git
# Can I continue working while git pushes? I am doing my initial import of existing code into git, it is quite a big codebase so the push is taking it's time. From what I am aware git gets the changes and then does the upload, so am I safe to continue working while the push is going, or do I need to wait for it to co...
When Git pushes, it doesn't read or write anything from the working tree, only stuff from the `.git` folder. So yes, you're safe to continue working.
62039244
Does Git store the file creation time?
19
2020-05-27 08:59:55
<p>Let's say I created a project and pushed it to GitHub. When someone clones the project, can they see the <strong>file creation time</strong> of each file in the project?</p>
8,012
7,330,592
2021-10-24 19:58:41
62,039,285
24
2020-05-27 09:01:58
4,621,513
2021-04-26 08:22:50
https://stackoverflow.com/q/62039244
https://stackoverflow.com/a/62039285
<p>They can see the time when a file was added to the repository, via the commit date.</p> <p>They cannot see the &quot;file creation&quot; or &quot;file modification&quot; timestamps of the file in your local filesystem.</p> <h3>Example</h3> <pre><code>$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp.t4KdOYhQGr...
<p>They can see the time when a file was added to the repository, via the commit date.</p> <p>They cannot see the &quot;file creation&quot; or &quot;file modification&quot; timestamps of the file in your local filesystem.</p> <h3>Example</h3> <pre><code>$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp.t4KdOYhQGr...
119
git
<h1>Does Git store the file creation time?</h1> <p>Let's say I created a project and pushed it to GitHub. When someone clones the project, can they see the <strong>file creation time</strong> of each file in the project?</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,796
git
# Does Git store the file creation time? Let's say I created a project and pushed it to GitHub. When someone clones the project, can they see the **file creation time** of each file in the project?
They can see the time when a file was added to the repository, via the commit date. They cannot see the "file creation" or "file modification" timestamps of the file in your local filesystem. ### Example ``` $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/tmp.t4KdOYhQGr/.git/ $ echo bla >file.txt $ git add file....
44159978
Nginx Configuration Versioning Strategy
19
2017-05-24 13:35:24
<p>currently a project my team inherited has a complete mess on the nginx configuration across 10+ environments, we would like to implement a versioning strategy however im not sure how people "normally" achieve this. you make the whole nginx conf folder a git repo and ignore what you do not want to version? or have a ...
6,279
1,844,187
2017-05-24 16:10:39
44,163,566
24
2017-05-24 16:10:39
1,320,932
2017-05-24 16:10:39
https://stackoverflow.com/q/44159978
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44163566
<p>We manage it via separate Git repository exclusive only for nginx configuration. Yes, it includes everything inside <code>/etc/nginx/</code> directory.</p> <p>But it's not synced directly on server, instead a bash script is used to pull changes, update configuration, and reload nginx configuration.</p> <p>Script e...
<p>We manage it via separate Git repository exclusive only for nginx configuration. Yes, it includes everything inside <code>/etc/nginx/</code> directory.</p> <p>But it's not synced directly on server, instead a bash script is used to pull changes, update configuration, and reload nginx configuration.</p> <p>Script e...
58, 119, 456, 3574, 6605
config, git, linux, nginx, version-control
<h1>Nginx Configuration Versioning Strategy</h1> <p>currently a project my team inherited has a complete mess on the nginx configuration across 10+ environments, we would like to implement a versioning strategy however im not sure how people "normally" achieve this. you make the whole nginx conf folder a git repo and i...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,798
git
# Nginx Configuration Versioning Strategy currently a project my team inherited has a complete mess on the nginx configuration across 10+ environments, we would like to implement a versioning strategy however im not sure how people "normally" achieve this. you make the whole nginx conf folder a git repo and ignore wha...
We manage it via separate Git repository exclusive only for nginx configuration. Yes, it includes everything inside `/etc/nginx/` directory. But it's not synced directly on server, instead a bash script is used to pull changes, update configuration, and reload nginx configuration. Script example: ``` # Pull changes ...
32819596
How to view all stashes at once?
19
2015-09-28 09:25:25
<p>It's time-consuming to read through dozens of stashes, one-by-one, by issuing:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git stash show -p 'stash@{N}' # Where &quot;N&quot; is the stash index </code></pre> <p>Is there a way to view all stashes at once (in patch form)? Note that I don't want to view all the...
6,458
797,744
2021-01-04 06:51:49
32,820,026
24
2015-09-28 09:46:44
2,274,140
2015-09-28 09:46:44
https://stackoverflow.com/q/32819596
https://stackoverflow.com/a/32820026
<p>Is it possible you are looking for the command</p> <pre><code>git stash list -p </code></pre> <p>As mentioned in <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash" rel="noreferrer">http://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash</a> you can add all options from git log to git stash list...</p>
<p>Is it possible you are looking for the command</p> <pre><code>git stash list -p </code></pre> <p>As mentioned in <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash" rel="noreferrer">http://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash</a> you can add all options from git log to git stash list...</p>
119, 13091
git, git-stash
<h1>How to view all stashes at once?</h1> <p>It's time-consuming to read through dozens of stashes, one-by-one, by issuing:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git stash show -p 'stash@{N}' # Where &quot;N&quot; is the stash index </code></pre> <p>Is there a way to view all stashes at once (in patch for...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,799
git
# How to view all stashes at once? It's time-consuming to read through dozens of stashes, one-by-one, by issuing: ``` git stash show -p 'stash@{N}' # Where "N" is the stash index ``` Is there a way to view all stashes at once (in patch form)? Note that I don't want to view all the stashes merged into one big patch b...
Is it possible you are looking for the command ``` git stash list -p ``` As mentioned in <http://git-scm.com/docs/git-stash> you can add all options from git log to git stash list...
26180437
Composer - adding git repository without composer.json
19
2014-10-03 14:02:33
<p>I try to add repository from github (designmodo/Flat-UI), play with config and get errors <code>No valid composer.json was found in any branch or...</code>, <code>Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.</code>, <code>The requested package designmodo/flat-ui could not be found in an...
8,069
1,726,507
2021-05-24 16:27:27
26,181,123
24
2014-10-03 14:42:37
1,726,507
2014-10-03 14:42:37
https://stackoverflow.com/q/26180437
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26181123
<p>Problem solved. Play around and changed <code>reference</code> to <code>master</code> and version to any <code>*</code> in <code>"designmodo/Flat-UI": "*"</code> section. After that composer download package via git and update <code>composer.lock</code> without problems. Should work for any github repos.</p> <p><st...
<p>Problem solved. Play around and changed <code>reference</code> to <code>master</code> and version to any <code>*</code> in <code>"designmodo/Flat-UI": "*"</code> section. After that composer download package via git and update <code>composer.lock</code> without problems. Should work for any github repos.</p> <p><st...
119, 78546
composer-php, git
<h1>Composer - adding git repository without composer.json</h1> <p>I try to add repository from github (designmodo/Flat-UI), play with config and get errors <code>No valid composer.json was found in any branch or...</code>, <code>Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.</code>, <code>T...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,801
git
# Composer - adding git repository without composer.json I try to add repository from github (designmodo/Flat-UI), play with config and get errors `No valid composer.json was found in any branch or...`, `Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.`, `The requested package designmodo/flat...
Problem solved. Play around and changed `reference` to `master` and version to any `*` in `"designmodo/Flat-UI": "*"` section. After that composer download package via git and update `composer.lock` without problems. Should work for any github repos. **Working config:** ``` { "repositories": { "flat-ui": { ...
18137757
Git Flag Syntax: why do some flags have -one dash and some have --two?
19
2013-08-08 23:10:33
<p>I am learning Git and have been <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20two%20dashes%20flag" rel="noreferrer">unable</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20flag%20option%20dashes" rel="noreferrer">to</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=git+&quot;two+dashes&quot;" rel="noreferrer">find</a> <a...
3,364
925,897
2013-08-08 23:33:25
18,137,960
24
2013-08-08 23:33:25
565,145
2013-08-08 23:33:25
https://stackoverflow.com/q/18137757
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18137960
<p>My understanding is that git follows the 'standard' Linux convention for flags. That is:</p> <ul> <li>one dash for 'short' flags: generally one character flags, but sometimes flags with a single character, then further characters which represent a parameter to the flag (e.g. <code>git log -SFoo</code>, in which <co...
<p>My understanding is that git follows the 'standard' Linux convention for flags. That is:</p> <ul> <li>one dash for 'short' flags: generally one character flags, but sometimes flags with a single character, then further characters which represent a parameter to the flag (e.g. <code>git log -SFoo</code>, in which <co...
119, 367, 1079
flags, git, syntax
<h1>Git Flag Syntax: why do some flags have -one dash and some have --two?</h1> <p>I am learning Git and have been <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20two%20dashes%20flag" rel="noreferrer">unable</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20flag%20option%20dashes" rel="noreferrer">to</a> <a href="http://...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,802
git
# Git Flag Syntax: why do some flags have -one dash and some have --two? I am learning Git and have been [unable](http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20two%20dashes%20flag) [to](http://www.google.com/search?q=git%20flag%20option%20dashes) [find](http://www.google.com/search?q=git+"two+dashes") [any](http://www.google.c...
My understanding is that git follows the 'standard' Linux convention for flags. That is: - one dash for 'short' flags: generally one character flags, but sometimes flags with a single character, then further characters which represent a parameter to the flag (e.g. `git log -SFoo`, in which `Foo` is a parameter to the ...
8790799
Get a List of all Pushes with Git
19
2012-01-09 15:30:09
<p>How can I get a list of all <code>push</code> commands to or from a particular remote in <code>git</code>? </p> <p><strong>For my case</strong>, this would be OK to run on either the remote or the local repos.</p> <p><strong>For bonus points</strong>, how would I get a list of all <strong>successful</strong> <cod...
16,485
30,753
2016-03-23 23:52:59
8,791,295
24
2012-01-09 16:00:25
223,092
2012-01-09 16:00:25
https://stackoverflow.com/q/8790799
https://stackoverflow.com/a/8791295
<p>This method will only give you the successful pushes, but it may still be useful to you:</p> <p>When you push to a branch in a remote that corresponds to one of your remote-tracking branches, and that push is successful, the remote-tracking branch will be updated. In the default case where you've cloned from a rep...
<p>This method will only give you the successful pushes, but it may still be useful to you:</p> <p>When you push to a branch in a remote that corresponds to one of your remote-tracking branches, and that push is successful, the remote-tracking branch will be updated. In the default case where you've cloned from a rep...
119
git
<h1>Get a List of all Pushes with Git</h1> <p>How can I get a list of all <code>push</code> commands to or from a particular remote in <code>git</code>? </p> <p><strong>For my case</strong>, this would be OK to run on either the remote or the local repos.</p> <p><strong>For bonus points</strong>, how would I get a l...
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git
# Get a List of all Pushes with Git How can I get a list of all `push` commands to or from a particular remote in `git`? **For my case**, this would be OK to run on either the remote or the local repos. **For bonus points**, how would I get a list of all **successful** `push` commands?
This method will only give you the successful pushes, but it may still be useful to you: When you push to a branch in a remote that corresponds to one of your remote-tracking branches, and that push is successful, the remote-tracking branch will be updated. In the default case where you've cloned from a repository thi...
3409526
Customizing headings in git diff
19
2010-08-04 20:24:31
<p>When viewing a diff using <code>git diff</code>, each change starts with line like:</p> <pre><code>@@ -28,41 +20,10 @@ namespace ConsoleApplication1 </code></pre> <p>For C, the final part is quite descriptive – it shows for example the function in which the change occurred. But for C#, it only ever shows the names...
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41,071
2019-05-02 13:48:25
3,409,698
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2010-08-04 20:48:12
41,071
2019-05-02 13:48:25
https://stackoverflow.com/q/3409526
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3409698
<p>I have found it, the line is called hunk header and <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_generating_diff_text" rel="noreferrer">the documentation</a> says how to customize it:</p> <blockquote> <h2>Defining a custom hunk-header</h2> <p>Each group of changes (called a "hunk") in the textual diff ou...
<p>I have found it, the line is called hunk header and <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_generating_diff_text" rel="noreferrer">the documentation</a> says how to customize it:</p> <blockquote> <h2>Defining a custom hunk-header</h2> <p>Each group of changes (called a "hunk") in the textual diff ou...
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diff, git, git-diff
<h1>Customizing headings in git diff</h1> <p>When viewing a diff using <code>git diff</code>, each change starts with line like:</p> <pre><code>@@ -28,41 +20,10 @@ namespace ConsoleApplication1 </code></pre> <p>For C, the final part is quite descriptive – it shows for example the function in which the change occurred...
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git
# Customizing headings in git diff When viewing a diff using `git diff`, each change starts with line like: ``` @@ -28,41 +20,10 @@ namespace ConsoleApplication1 ``` For C, the final part is quite descriptive – it shows for example the function in which the change occurred. But for C#, it only ever shows the namespa...
I have found it, the line is called hunk header and [the documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes#_generating_diff_text) says how to customize it: > ## Defining a custom hunk-header > > Each group of changes (called a "hunk") in the textual diff output is prefixed with a line of the form: > > ``` > @@ -k,...
1081186
Is [---] a comment in .gitconfig?
19
2009-07-04 00:17:38
<p>This question is based on <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1063618/unable-to-understand-how-gits-difftool-configs-are-set/1063646">this thread</a>.</p> <p>Is <code>[---]</code> a comment in Git such that I can use only <code>% tool=opendiff %</code> once in my <code>.gitconfig</code>?</p>
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2015-07-17 15:39:38
1,081,197
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2009-07-04 00:26:02
893
2012-01-02 17:37:46
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1081186
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1081197
<p>I think you are asking whether the square bracket syntax in <code>.gitconfig</code> means something significant. The answer is yes, it separates <code>.gitconfig</code> into sections. Each section has a name, shown between the square brackets. For example:</p> <pre><code>[core] repositoryformatversion = 0 ...
<p>I think you are asking whether the square bracket syntax in <code>.gitconfig</code> means something significant. The answer is yes, it separates <code>.gitconfig</code> into sections. Each section has a name, shown between the square brackets. For example:</p> <pre><code>[core] repositoryformatversion = 0 ...
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comments, git
<h1>Is [---] a comment in .gitconfig?</h1> <p>This question is based on <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1063618/unable-to-understand-how-gits-difftool-configs-are-set/1063646">this thread</a>.</p> <p>Is <code>[---]</code> a comment in Git such that I can use only <code>% tool=opendiff %</code> once in my ...
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git
# Is [---] a comment in .gitconfig? This question is based on [this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1063618/unable-to-understand-how-gits-difftool-configs-are-set/1063646). Is `[---]` a comment in Git such that I can use only `% tool=opendiff %` once in my `.gitconfig`?
I think you are asking whether the square bracket syntax in `.gitconfig` means something significant. The answer is yes, it separates `.gitconfig` into sections. Each section has a name, shown between the square brackets. For example: ``` [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare ...
32074850
How to add multiple files in git for a single commit?
18
2015-08-18 14:11:23
<p>I made changes to two files in different directory, How can I add the two files for a single commit. can I do like, add the first, then change the directory to second file and add the second file finally do the commit. Is this going to work? </p>
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4,025,940
2018-12-16 08:45:15
53,800,696
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2018-12-16 08:45:15
6,842,763
2018-12-16 08:45:15
https://stackoverflow.com/q/32074850
https://stackoverflow.com/a/53800696
<p>You can add all the files using </p> <pre><code>git add file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt file4.txt file5.txt </code></pre> <p>And the commit your the files you wish to commit.</p> <pre><code>git commit file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt -m"I committed file1.txt folder/file2.txt" </code></pre> <p>You will h...
<p>You can add all the files using </p> <pre><code>git add file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt file4.txt file5.txt </code></pre> <p>And the commit your the files you wish to commit.</p> <pre><code>git commit file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt -m"I committed file1.txt folder/file2.txt" </code></pre> <p>You will h...
119, 53850
git, git-commit
<h1>How to add multiple files in git for a single commit?</h1> <p>I made changes to two files in different directory, How can I add the two files for a single commit. can I do like, add the first, then change the directory to second file and add the second file finally do the commit. Is this going to work? </p>
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git
# How to add multiple files in git for a single commit? I made changes to two files in different directory, How can I add the two files for a single commit. can I do like, add the first, then change the directory to second file and add the second file finally do the commit. Is this going to work?
You can add all the files using ``` git add file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt file4.txt file5.txt ``` And the commit your the files you wish to commit. ``` git commit file1.txt folder/file2.txt file3.txt -m"I committed file1.txt folder/file2.txt" ``` You will have added - file1.txt - folder/file2.txt - file3.tx...
38250900
git show: exclude a directory when checking a past commit's changes
18
2016-07-07 16:37:44
<p>I usually check the changes introduced by a commit with the <code>git show</code> command. This works well, except when I'm only interested in the changes introduced in a subset of the changed files.</p> <p>Is there something like <code>git show --exclude some/path</code> that will do this out of the box?</p>
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147,072
2024-07-02 22:33:00
38,251,311
24
2016-07-07 17:01:18
5,819,286
2016-07-07 17:01:18
https://stackoverflow.com/q/38250900
https://stackoverflow.com/a/38251311
<p>Translating @DavidN's comment into an answer, here's what you get (people may not realize that "git log" and "git show" take all the same options):</p> <pre><code>git show -- . ':!some/path' </code></pre> <p>Requires git 1.9 or newer.</p> <p>Here's a example showing it in use against the php github repo:</p> <pr...
<p>Translating @DavidN's comment into an answer, here's what you get (people may not realize that "git log" and "git show" take all the same options):</p> <pre><code>git show -- . ':!some/path' </code></pre> <p>Requires git 1.9 or newer.</p> <p>Here's a example showing it in use against the php github repo:</p> <pr...
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git
<h1>git show: exclude a directory when checking a past commit's changes</h1> <p>I usually check the changes introduced by a commit with the <code>git show</code> command. This works well, except when I'm only interested in the changes introduced in a subset of the changed files.</p> <p>Is there something like <code>gi...
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git
# git show: exclude a directory when checking a past commit's changes I usually check the changes introduced by a commit with the `git show` command. This works well, except when I'm only interested in the changes introduced in a subset of the changed files. Is there something like `git show --exclude some/path` that...
Translating @DavidN's comment into an answer, here's what you get (people may not realize that "git log" and "git show" take all the same options): ``` git show -- . ':!some/path' ``` Requires git 1.9 or newer. Here's a example showing it in use against the php github repo: ``` git remote -v origin https://github....
49057558
Change admin password in Gitea
17
2018-03-01 19:46:27
<p>I created an admin user with a password, that contains a special character. Installation of Gitea was successful, but I can't login. I can't get new password, because it says:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sorry, Register Mail Confirmation has been disabled.</p> </blockquote> <p>I tried command <code>gitea admin change-pa...
47,247
3,946,482
2022-02-13 14:37:12
65,645,634
24
2021-01-09 17:36:20
7,576,836
2021-08-25 17:10:28
https://stackoverflow.com/q/49057558
https://stackoverflow.com/a/65645634
<p>It's the future now and the other answers will no longer work. I found this answer because I had the same problem. I know I will mess this up again as this is already my second time, so hello future me!</p> <p>Non-docker answer:</p> <pre><code>gitea admin user change-password -u &lt;username&gt; -p &lt;password&gt; ...
<p>It's the future now and the other answers will no longer work. I found this answer because I had the same problem. I know I will mess this up again as this is already my second time, so hello future me!</p> <p>Non-docker answer:</p> <pre><code>gitea admin user change-password -u &lt;username&gt; -p &lt;password&gt; ...
119, 128429
git, gitea
<h1>Change admin password in Gitea</h1> <p>I created an admin user with a password, that contains a special character. Installation of Gitea was successful, but I can't login. I can't get new password, because it says:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sorry, Register Mail Confirmation has been disabled.</p> </blockquote> <p>I t...
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19,809
git
# Change admin password in Gitea I created an admin user with a password, that contains a special character. Installation of Gitea was successful, but I can't login. I can't get new password, because it says: > Sorry, Register Mail Confirmation has been disabled. I tried command `gitea admin change-password`, but co...
It's the future now and the other answers will no longer work. I found this answer because I had the same problem. I know I will mess this up again as this is already my second time, so hello future me! Non-docker answer: ``` gitea admin user change-password -u <username> -p <password> ``` Docker answer: ``` docker...
39479154
How can I split a single file from a git repo into a new repo?
17
2016-09-13 21:20:17
<p>I have a git repo with several directories, and a single file, <code>MyFile.ext</code>.</p> <pre><code>/ LargeDir1/ LargeDir2/ LargeDir3/ . . . MyFile.ext </code></pre> <p>I'd like to start a new repo with just <code>MyFile.ext</code> in it, and keep all the history pertaining to it, but ...
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817,630
2025-12-30 08:28:06
42,845,758
24
2017-03-16 22:14:35
1,219,295
2025-12-30 08:28:06
https://stackoverflow.com/q/39479154
https://stackoverflow.com/a/42845758
<p>Use <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fast-export" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>git fast-export</code></a>.</p> <p>First you export the history of the file to a <em>fast-import stream</em> (<code>.fi</code> file). Make sure you do this on the <code>master</code> branch.</p> <pre><code>cd oldrepo git fast-expo...
<p>Use <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fast-export" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>git fast-export</code></a>.</p> <p>First you export the history of the file to a <em>fast-import stream</em> (<code>.fi</code> file). Make sure you do this on the <code>master</code> branch.</p> <pre><code>cd oldrepo git fast-expo...
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git
<h1>How can I split a single file from a git repo into a new repo?</h1> <p>I have a git repo with several directories, and a single file, <code>MyFile.ext</code>.</p> <pre><code>/ LargeDir1/ LargeDir2/ LargeDir3/ . . . MyFile.ext </code></pre> <p>I'd like to start a new repo with just <code>...
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19,810
git
# How can I split a single file from a git repo into a new repo? I have a git repo with several directories, and a single file, `MyFile.ext`. ``` / LargeDir1/ LargeDir2/ LargeDir3/ . . . MyFile.ext ``` I'd like to start a new repo with just `MyFile.ext` in it, and keep all the history perta...
Use [`git fast-export`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fast-export). First you export the history of the file to a *fast-import stream* (`.fi` file). Make sure you do this on the `master` branch. ``` cd oldrepo git fast-export HEAD -- MyFile.ext >../myfile.fi ``` Then you create a new repo and import. ``` cd .. mkdir...
33577383
Git apply three-way error "repository lacks the necessary blob to fall back on 3-way merge."
17
2015-11-06 23:50:40
<p>I have a Git diff created with</p> <pre><code>git diff --full-index --ignore-submodules &gt; mypatch.diff </code></pre> <p>And when trying to apply it to another Git repository (same remote branch, more advanced revision) I get the error in the title</p> <pre><code>git apply --3way mypatch.diff ... error: patch fail...
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1,001,395
2021-08-29 20:54:11
33,577,782
24
2015-11-07 00:39:44
1,256,452
2016-11-23 07:42:59
https://stackoverflow.com/q/33577383
https://stackoverflow.com/a/33577782
<p>You probably need to run <code>git fetch</code> (and you may need to tweak your <code>fetch</code> refspecs, and/or use <code>--unshallow</code>).</p> <h3>What's happening</h3> <p>The blob(s) that Git needs are specific versions of the files (pathnames are irrelevant at this point).</p> <p>For instance, consider ...
<p>You probably need to run <code>git fetch</code> (and you may need to tweak your <code>fetch</code> refspecs, and/or use <code>--unshallow</code>).</p> <h3>What's happening</h3> <p>The blob(s) that Git needs are specific versions of the files (pathnames are irrelevant at this point).</p> <p>For instance, consider ...
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git
<h1>Git apply three-way error "repository lacks the necessary blob to fall back on 3-way merge."</h1> <p>I have a Git diff created with</p> <pre><code>git diff --full-index --ignore-submodules &gt; mypatch.diff </code></pre> <p>And when trying to apply it to another Git repository (same remote branch, more advanced rev...
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git
# Git apply three-way error "repository lacks the necessary blob to fall back on 3-way merge." I have a Git diff created with ``` git diff --full-index --ignore-submodules > mypatch.diff ``` And when trying to apply it to another Git repository (same remote branch, more advanced revision) I get the error in the titl...
You probably need to run `git fetch` (and you may need to tweak your `fetch` refspecs, and/or use `--unshallow`). ### What's happening The blob(s) that Git needs are specific versions of the files (pathnames are irrelevant at this point). For instance, consider this bit of patch: ``` diff --git a/fmt.py b/fmt.py in...
29800349
Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits?
17
2015-04-22 14:14:28
<p>Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits? How are these properties of files and directories handled throughout the git pipeline [commit, push, pull, merge, etc] ?</p>
4,635
241,677
2025-11-10 14:27:06
29,800,979
24
2015-04-22 14:38:28
354,577
2025-11-10 14:27:06
https://stackoverflow.com/q/29800349
https://stackoverflow.com/a/29800979
<p>Files in Git are assigned either 644 (owner <code>rw-</code>, group and other <code>r--</code>) or 755 (owner <code>rwx</code>, group and other <code>r-x</code>). Ownership information is not stored.</p> <p>This is deliberate, and well-explained by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110209091736/http://git.66134...
<p>Files in Git are assigned either 644 (owner <code>rw-</code>, group and other <code>r--</code>) or 755 (owner <code>rwx</code>, group and other <code>r-x</code>). Ownership information is not stored.</p> <p>This is deliberate, and well-explained by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110209091736/http://git.66134...
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git
<h1>Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits?</h1> <p>Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits? How are these properties of files and directories handled throughout the git pipeline [commit, push, pull, merge, etc] ?</p>
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git
# Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits? Are file permissions and owner:group properties included in git commits? How are these properties of files and directories handled throughout the git pipeline [commit, push, pull, merge, etc] ?
Files in Git are assigned either 644 (owner `rw-`, group and other `r--`) or 755 (owner `rwx`, group and other `r-x`). Ownership information is not stored. This is deliberate, and well-explained by [this post](https://web.archive.org/web/20110209091736/http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/why-not-preserve-file-permissions-...
27407343
How to see how many commits a local branch is ahead/behind another local branch in git?
17
2014-12-10 17:35:47
<p>If I'm working on a feature branch, I would like to know how many commits this branch is ahead or behind the master branch. I can't seem to find the command that does this.</p>
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371,699
2014-12-10 18:27:51
27,408,246
24
2014-12-10 18:27:51
1,256,452
2014-12-10 18:27:51
https://stackoverflow.com/q/27407343
https://stackoverflow.com/a/27408246
<h3>Listing and counting commits: <code>git rev-list</code></h3> <p>A quick way is to do what <code>git status</code> does when there's an "upstream". Specifically, <code>git status</code> simply counts revisions that are on the current branch that are not on the upstream branch. For instance, consider branch <code>...
<h3>Listing and counting commits: <code>git rev-list</code></h3> <p>A quick way is to do what <code>git status</code> does when there's an "upstream". Specifically, <code>git status</code> simply counts revisions that are on the current branch that are not on the upstream branch. For instance, consider branch <code>...
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git
<h1>How to see how many commits a local branch is ahead/behind another local branch in git?</h1> <p>If I'm working on a feature branch, I would like to know how many commits this branch is ahead or behind the master branch. I can't seem to find the command that does this.</p>
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git
# How to see how many commits a local branch is ahead/behind another local branch in git? If I'm working on a feature branch, I would like to know how many commits this branch is ahead or behind the master branch. I can't seem to find the command that does this.
### Listing and counting commits: `git rev-list` A quick way is to do what `git status` does when there's an "upstream". Specifically, `git status` simply counts revisions that are on the current branch that are not on the upstream branch. For instance, consider branch `foo` that has an upstream of `origin/foo`, and s...
15463795
How to copy a local repository to remote server using git?
17
2013-03-17 17:25:04
<p>I'm trying to use git to deploy my local code in my remote server.</p> <p>So here is what I've done in my <b>local</b> folder mywebsite/ :</p> <pre><code>git init git add . git commit -m "Initial commit" </code></pre> <p>Then, on my <b>web server</b> :</p> <pre><code>mkdir ~/public_html/myrepo.git cd myrepo.git ...
14,815
1,456,355
2015-09-13 20:18:39
15,463,973
24
2013-03-17 17:40:59
1,286,639
2013-03-17 17:40:59
https://stackoverflow.com/q/15463795
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15463973
<p>You've created a remote repository without a working directory (which is the purpose of the <code>--bare</code> option). What you need to do next is clone that remote repository into your website directory. I use the same approach; I have a ~/git directory with one or more bare git repositories and then clones for...
<p>You've created a remote repository without a working directory (which is the purpose of the <code>--bare</code> option). What you need to do next is clone that remote repository into your website directory. I use the same approach; I have a ~/git directory with one or more bare git repositories and then clones for...
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git
<h1>How to copy a local repository to remote server using git?</h1> <p>I'm trying to use git to deploy my local code in my remote server.</p> <p>So here is what I've done in my <b>local</b> folder mywebsite/ :</p> <pre><code>git init git add . git commit -m "Initial commit" </code></pre> <p>Then, on my <b>web server...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,814
git
# How to copy a local repository to remote server using git? I'm trying to use git to deploy my local code in my remote server. So here is what I've done in my **local** folder mywebsite/ : ``` git init git add . git commit -m "Initial commit" ``` Then, on my **web server** : ``` mkdir ~/public_html/myrepo.git cd ...
You've created a remote repository without a working directory (which is the purpose of the `--bare` option). What you need to do next is clone that remote repository into your website directory. I use the same approach; I have a ~/git directory with one or more bare git repositories and then clones for one or more web...
6390966
Disable tag deletion
17
2011-06-17 19:43:32
<p>I have a central bare repository in which a team publish (push) their commits. In this main repository, I want to disable the tag deletion and renaming.</p> <p>Is there a solution like a hook or something ?</p>
6,016
803,850
2015-08-29 17:36:07
6,391,028
24
2011-06-17 19:48:25
712,605
2011-06-17 19:59:52
https://stackoverflow.com/q/6390966
https://stackoverflow.com/a/6391028
<p><code>git help hooks</code> contains documentation about the hooks. The <code>update</code> hook is invoked when Git is about to create/move/delete a reference. It is called once per reference to be updated, and is given:</p> <ul> <li>1st argument: the reference name (e.g., refs/tags/v1.0)</li> <li>2nd argument:...
<p><code>git help hooks</code> contains documentation about the hooks. The <code>update</code> hook is invoked when Git is about to create/move/delete a reference. It is called once per reference to be updated, and is given:</p> <ul> <li>1st argument: the reference name (e.g., refs/tags/v1.0)</li> <li>2nd argument:...
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git, tags
<h1>Disable tag deletion</h1> <p>I have a central bare repository in which a team publish (push) their commits. In this main repository, I want to disable the tag deletion and renaming.</p> <p>Is there a solution like a hook or something ?</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
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git
# Disable tag deletion I have a central bare repository in which a team publish (push) their commits. In this main repository, I want to disable the tag deletion and renaming. Is there a solution like a hook or something ?
`git help hooks` contains documentation about the hooks. The `update` hook is invoked when Git is about to create/move/delete a reference. It is called once per reference to be updated, and is given: - 1st argument: the reference name (e.g., refs/tags/v1.0) - 2nd argument: SHA1 of the object where the reference curren...
3876206
How do I view a Git repository's receive history?
17
2010-10-06 19:34:50
<p>We have a &quot;central&quot; repository that we use to deploy to our development server.</p> <p>I know <code>git log</code> will show me commits and the date/time they were committed, but I'd like to see when commits were pushed to/received by the repository. Is there a way to do this?</p>
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468,388
2025-02-14 16:57:00
3,877,483
24
2010-10-06 22:51:50
193,688
2018-03-16 12:17:00
https://stackoverflow.com/q/3876206
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3877483
<p>Git’s <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reflogs</a> will record your specified data (date, and new tip commit).</p> <p>If your central repository is bare, then its reflogs are probably not enabled (they are not enabled by default when creating a bare repository). Enable them li...
<p>Git’s <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reflogs</a> will record your specified data (date, and new tip commit).</p> <p>If your central repository is bare, then its reflogs are probably not enabled (they are not enabled by default when creating a bare repository). Enable them li...
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git
<h1>How do I view a Git repository's receive history?</h1> <p>We have a &quot;central&quot; repository that we use to deploy to our development server.</p> <p>I know <code>git log</code> will show me commits and the date/time they were committed, but I'd like to see when commits were pushed to/received by the repositor...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,816
git
# How do I view a Git repository's receive history? We have a "central" repository that we use to deploy to our development server. I know `git log` will show me commits and the date/time they were committed, but I'd like to see when commits were pushed to/received by the repository. Is there a way to do this?
Git’s [reflogs](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog) will record your specified data (date, and new tip commit). If your central repository is bare, then its reflogs are probably not enabled (they are not enabled by default when creating a bare repository). Enable them like this: ``` git config core.logAllRefUpdates ...
48324376
What exactly does `git rebase --skip` skip during a rebase?
16
2018-01-18 15:07:23
<p>When you perform a rebase, git asks for manual intervention if it can't resolve differences between your current branch and the new base branch.</p> <p>If you resolve conflicts and type <code>git rebase --continue</code>, git treats the resolved code as the 'new code' for that commit.</p> <p>But what happens when ...
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7,028,216
2019-05-30 15:55:23
48,324,452
24
2018-01-18 15:11:12
1,440,565
2019-05-30 15:55:23
https://stackoverflow.com/q/48324376
https://stackoverflow.com/a/48324452
<p>If there is a conflict, <code>git rebase --skip</code> simply skips the entire commit. The changes from that commit will not be in the history after the rebase finishes successfully. Let's look at an example</p> <pre><code>A-B-C &lt;- master \ D-E &lt;- foo </code></pre> <p>Now say D causes a conflict after</p>...
<p>If there is a conflict, <code>git rebase --skip</code> simply skips the entire commit. The changes from that commit will not be in the history after the rebase finishes successfully. Let's look at an example</p> <pre><code>A-B-C &lt;- master \ D-E &lt;- foo </code></pre> <p>Now say D causes a conflict after</p>...
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git
<h1>What exactly does `git rebase --skip` skip during a rebase?</h1> <p>When you perform a rebase, git asks for manual intervention if it can't resolve differences between your current branch and the new base branch.</p> <p>If you resolve conflicts and type <code>git rebase --continue</code>, git treats the resolved c...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,819
git
# What exactly does `git rebase --skip` skip during a rebase? When you perform a rebase, git asks for manual intervention if it can't resolve differences between your current branch and the new base branch. If you resolve conflicts and type `git rebase --continue`, git treats the resolved code as the 'new code' for t...
If there is a conflict, `git rebase --skip` simply skips the entire commit. The changes from that commit will not be in the history after the rebase finishes successfully. Let's look at an example ``` A-B-C <- master \ D-E <- foo ``` Now say D causes a conflict after ``` git checkout foo git rebase master ``` Th...
34825675
IntelliJ annotate vs git blame
16
2016-01-16 09:57:43
<p>I am using IntelliJ's annotate feature to see in the editor who last changed a line in a file. </p> <p>Now I am using JGit to read the same annotations and they differ. For me it seems that Intellij checks that a line has not been changed between commits and still uses the old commit message. JGit does not see it a...
23,425
430,035
2021-10-25 06:51:50
34,825,743
24
2016-01-16 10:07:49
147,024
2016-01-16 10:07:49
https://stackoverflow.com/q/34825675
https://stackoverflow.com/a/34825743
<p>IntelliJ IDEA does not have its own algorithm for calculating annotations; it simply runs the standard <code>git blame</code> command and parses its output. There is no way to force it to behave differently.</p> <p>You can find the code implementing the Annotate command in the IntelliJ IDEA Git plugin <a href="http...
<p>IntelliJ IDEA does not have its own algorithm for calculating annotations; it simply runs the standard <code>git blame</code> command and parses its output. There is no way to force it to behave differently.</p> <p>You can find the code implementing the Annotate command in the IntelliJ IDEA Git plugin <a href="http...
119, 8945, 61058, 105902
git, git-blame, intellij-idea, jgit
<h1>IntelliJ annotate vs git blame</h1> <p>I am using IntelliJ's annotate feature to see in the editor who last changed a line in a file. </p> <p>Now I am using JGit to read the same annotations and they differ. For me it seems that Intellij checks that a line has not been changed between commits and still uses the ol...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,820
git
# IntelliJ annotate vs git blame I am using IntelliJ's annotate feature to see in the editor who last changed a line in a file. Now I am using JGit to read the same annotations and they differ. For me it seems that Intellij checks that a line has not been changed between commits and still uses the old commit message....
IntelliJ IDEA does not have its own algorithm for calculating annotations; it simply runs the standard `git blame` command and parses its output. There is no way to force it to behave differently. You can find the code implementing the Annotate command in the IntelliJ IDEA Git plugin [here](https://github.com/JetBrain...
10737966
undoing git merge after merge.renameLimit warning plus conflicts
16
2012-05-24 12:58:24
<p>I am trying to do a merge squash from a devel branch into the master.</p> <pre><code>stefanos-imac:trunk borini$ git merge --squash devel CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in test1 warning: inexact rename detection was skipped due to too many files. warning: you may want to set your merge.renamelimit variable to a...
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78,374
2016-01-01 13:44:48
10,738,171
24
2012-05-24 13:11:07
269,483
2012-05-24 13:11:07
https://stackoverflow.com/q/10737966
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10738171
<p>Em, <code>git reset --hard origin/master</code>?</p>
<p>Em, <code>git reset --hard origin/master</code>?</p>
119, 456, 28897
git, git-merge, version-control
<h1>undoing git merge after merge.renameLimit warning plus conflicts</h1> <p>I am trying to do a merge squash from a devel branch into the master.</p> <pre><code>stefanos-imac:trunk borini$ git merge --squash devel CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in test1 warning: inexact rename detection was skipped due to too man...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,821
git
# undoing git merge after merge.renameLimit warning plus conflicts I am trying to do a merge squash from a devel branch into the master. ``` stefanos-imac:trunk borini$ git merge --squash devel CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in test1 warning: inexact rename detection was skipped due to too many files. warning: yo...
Em, `git reset --hard origin/master`?
6240808
count line changes with git?
16
2011-06-05 03:19:41
<p>Is there a simple way I can ask git for the amount of lines I added (or add and removed) in a specific date range?</p> <p>I'm using git on Windows, Linux and TortoiseGit(Windows)</p>
6,903
null
2018-05-20 03:14:49
6,241,539
24
2011-06-05 07:27:22
78,845
2012-12-15 20:16:13
https://stackoverflow.com/q/6240808
https://stackoverflow.com/a/6241539
<p>Building upon <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6240808/count-line-changes-with-git/6240832#6240832">Seth Robertson's answer</a>, (+1 Seth!) <code>awk</code> will tally up the columns for you:</p> <pre><code>% git log --stat --author $(git config --get user.email) --since="last year" --until="last month"...
<p>Building upon <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6240808/count-line-changes-with-git/6240832#6240832">Seth Robertson's answer</a>, (+1 Seth!) <code>awk</code> will tally up the columns for you:</p> <pre><code>% git log --stat --author $(git config --get user.email) --since="last year" --until="last month"...
119, 31409
git, tortoisegit
<h1>count line changes with git?</h1> <p>Is there a simple way I can ask git for the amount of lines I added (or add and removed) in a specific date range?</p> <p>I'm using git on Windows, Linux and TortoiseGit(Windows)</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,822
git
# count line changes with git? Is there a simple way I can ask git for the amount of lines I added (or add and removed) in a specific date range? I'm using git on Windows, Linux and TortoiseGit(Windows)
Building upon [Seth Robertson's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6240808/count-line-changes-with-git/6240832#6240832), (+1 Seth!) `awk` will tally up the columns for you: ``` % git log --stat --author $(git config --get user.email) --since="last year" --until="last month" | awk -F',' '/files? changed/ { ...
1664801
How do I merge a single commit?
16
2009-11-03 02:06:28
<p>Sometimes I'm working with several branches at once. Say I have branches called master, release-1.1, and experimental. I create a new file or make a change in experimental and I want that one single change to apply to the other branches.</p> <p>Can I do this in git? If I simply merge the commit into another bran...
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126,855
2009-11-03 08:54:10
1,664,814
24
2009-11-03 02:10:05
28,804
2009-11-03 02:10:05
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1664801
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1664814
<p>What you want to do is called <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-cherry-pick.html" rel="noreferrer">cherry picking</a>. You can <em>cherry pick</em> a single commit using the following command:</p> <pre><code>$ git cherry-pick &lt;commit hash or name&gt; </code></pre> <p>This will incorpo...
<p>What you want to do is called <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-cherry-pick.html" rel="noreferrer">cherry picking</a>. You can <em>cherry pick</em> a single commit using the following command:</p> <pre><code>$ git cherry-pick &lt;commit hash or name&gt; </code></pre> <p>This will incorpo...
119, 717, 5597
commit, git, merge
<h1>How do I merge a single commit?</h1> <p>Sometimes I'm working with several branches at once. Say I have branches called master, release-1.1, and experimental. I create a new file or make a change in experimental and I want that one single change to apply to the other branches.</p> <p>Can I do this in git? If I ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,823
git
# How do I merge a single commit? Sometimes I'm working with several branches at once. Say I have branches called master, release-1.1, and experimental. I create a new file or make a change in experimental and I want that one single change to apply to the other branches. Can I do this in git? If I simply merge the co...
What you want to do is called [cherry picking](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-cherry-pick.html). You can *cherry pick* a single commit using the following command: ``` $ git cherry-pick <commit hash or name> ``` This will incorporate the change from that commit *only* into your current branch. No...
51353961
Mistakenly committed to master locally. How to move changes to branch?
15
2018-07-16 02:48:42
<p>I made a number of changes that could break the code. I thought I was in a branch but was in master when I committed. Is there any way to move the 4 local commits to a branch locally and then push?</p>
24,545
233,928
2022-03-08 18:35:45
51,356,968
24
2018-07-16 07:50:39
9,649,501
2018-11-18 15:12:51
https://stackoverflow.com/q/51353961
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51356968
<p>Going by the details you said (4 commits), you could do this:</p> <pre><code>git branch new-branch-name-here # new commits on branch git checkout master git reset HEAD~4 # move HEAD (master) 4 commits back, commits are no longer on master # note: that's a ~ (tilde, above your Tab), not a - (dash). git push origin n...
<p>Going by the details you said (4 commits), you could do this:</p> <pre><code>git branch new-branch-name-here # new commits on branch git checkout master git reset HEAD~4 # move HEAD (master) 4 commits back, commits are no longer on master # note: that's a ~ (tilde, above your Tab), not a - (dash). git push origin n...
119, 1879
branch, git
<h1>Mistakenly committed to master locally. How to move changes to branch?</h1> <p>I made a number of changes that could break the code. I thought I was in a branch but was in master when I committed. Is there any way to move the 4 local commits to a branch locally and then push?</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,824
git
# Mistakenly committed to master locally. How to move changes to branch? I made a number of changes that could break the code. I thought I was in a branch but was in master when I committed. Is there any way to move the 4 local commits to a branch locally and then push?
Going by the details you said (4 commits), you could do this: ``` git branch new-branch-name-here # new commits on branch git checkout master git reset HEAD~4 # move HEAD (master) 4 commits back, commits are no longer on master # note: that's a ~ (tilde, above your Tab), not a - (dash). git push origin new-branch-name...
15948202
How can I find the first commit of a branch?
15
2013-04-11 11:58:24
<p>Assume the following graph:</p> <pre><code>A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F \ G -- H -- I </code></pre> <p>I would like to find <code>G</code> in order to be able to an interactive rebase to squash the commits (but still keep one commit on the topic branch) which will be reviewed and merged later. I don't w...
11,173
140,367
2017-09-15 02:59:37
15,949,920
24
2013-04-11 13:22:06
758,345
2017-09-15 02:59:37
https://stackoverflow.com/q/15948202
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15949920
<p>There are no commits β€œon a branch” in git. There are only commits <em>reachable</em> from a branch. And that information is not a very good indicator of what branch that commit originally belonged to. So I see two ways to interpret your question:</p> <ul> <li>I want to find the first commit after the merge-base of ...
<p>There are no commits β€œon a branch” in git. There are only commits <em>reachable</em> from a branch. And that information is not a very good indicator of what branch that commit originally belonged to. So I see two ways to interpret your question:</p> <ul> <li>I want to find the first commit after the merge-base of ...
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git
<h1>How can I find the first commit of a branch?</h1> <p>Assume the following graph:</p> <pre><code>A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F \ G -- H -- I </code></pre> <p>I would like to find <code>G</code> in order to be able to an interactive rebase to squash the commits (but still keep one commit on the topic bran...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,825
git
# How can I find the first commit of a branch? Assume the following graph: ``` A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F \ G -- H -- I ``` I would like to find `G` in order to be able to an interactive rebase to squash the commits (but still keep one commit on the topic branch) which will be reviewed and merged later....
There are no commits β€œon a branch” in git. There are only commits *reachable* from a branch. And that information is not a very good indicator of what branch that commit originally belonged to. So I see two ways to interpret your question: - I want to find the first commit after the merge-base of `branch` and `master`...
14011998
Setting path to git executable in RStudio under OSX Mountain Lion
15
2012-12-23 15:06:28
<p>I am running RStudio v. 0.97.237 under Mac OSX v. 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion). I am trying to set the path to my git executable file in RStudio. The correct path is /usr/local/git. There is a preference setting in RStudio for entering the path to the Git executable file (Preferences..., Git/SVN, Git executable). If I co...
11,499
1,913,594
2014-05-19 11:44:40
14,021,696
24
2012-12-24 12:54:05
1,913,594
2012-12-24 12:54:05
https://stackoverflow.com/q/14011998
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14021696
<p>I was able to find the answer to my question, courtesy of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/" rel="noreferrer">http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/</a> and <a href="http://support.rstudio.org/help/discussions/problems/2907-no-svn-in-mountain-lion" rel="noreferrer"...
<p>I was able to find the answer to my question, courtesy of <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/" rel="noreferrer">http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/</a> and <a href="http://support.rstudio.org/help/discussions/problems/2907-no-svn-in-mountain-lion" rel="noreferrer"...
119, 67746, 77491
git, osx-mountain-lion, rstudio
<h1>Setting path to git executable in RStudio under OSX Mountain Lion</h1> <p>I am running RStudio v. 0.97.237 under Mac OSX v. 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion). I am trying to set the path to my git executable file in RStudio. The correct path is /usr/local/git. There is a preference setting in RStudio for entering the path to ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,826
git
# Setting path to git executable in RStudio under OSX Mountain Lion I am running RStudio v. 0.97.237 under Mac OSX v. 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion). I am trying to set the path to my git executable file in RStudio. The correct path is /usr/local/git. There is a preference setting in RStudio for entering the path to the Git e...
I was able to find the answer to my question, courtesy of <http://osxdaily.com/2009/02/25/show-hidden-files-in-os-x/> and <http://support.rstudio.org/help/discussions/problems/2907-no-svn-in-mountain-lion>. To make sure you have the correct path to the Git executable file: open a terminal window, and type: ``` $ whic...
5914681
Git-svn: Bulk removing orphaned remote branches
15
2011-05-06 17:01:21
<p>A project in SVN I'm working on (via git-svn) has frequently-created branches that are then --reintegrated with trunk, and then deleted. </p> <p>Right now the project has about 10 branches that have not been deleted, but in git, git branch -r shows about 50.</p> <p>I can remove these one at a time, checking whethe...
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311,499
2015-09-14 11:44:03
7,209,462
24
2011-08-26 19:10:44
387,239
2011-08-26 19:10:44
https://stackoverflow.com/q/5914681
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7209462
<p>This is a quick-n-dirty solution I made in a few minutes. It makes use of nice regex patterns that are not available everywhere.</p> <p>This grabs a clean list of branches. I remove formatting spaces at the beginning of each line, and I'm ignoring tags for now:</p> <pre><code>git branch -r | sed 's|^[[:space:]]*||...
<p>This is a quick-n-dirty solution I made in a few minutes. It makes use of nice regex patterns that are not available everywhere.</p> <p>This grabs a clean list of branches. I remove formatting spaces at the beginning of each line, and I'm ignoring tags for now:</p> <pre><code>git branch -r | sed 's|^[[:space:]]*||...
119, 6452
git, git-svn
<h1>Git-svn: Bulk removing orphaned remote branches</h1> <p>A project in SVN I'm working on (via git-svn) has frequently-created branches that are then --reintegrated with trunk, and then deleted. </p> <p>Right now the project has about 10 branches that have not been deleted, but in git, git branch -r shows about 50.<...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,827
git
# Git-svn: Bulk removing orphaned remote branches A project in SVN I'm working on (via git-svn) has frequently-created branches that are then --reintegrated with trunk, and then deleted. Right now the project has about 10 branches that have not been deleted, but in git, git branch -r shows about 50. I can remove the...
This is a quick-n-dirty solution I made in a few minutes. It makes use of nice regex patterns that are not available everywhere. This grabs a clean list of branches. I remove formatting spaces at the beginning of each line, and I'm ignoring tags for now: ``` git branch -r | sed 's|^[[:space:]]*||' | grep -v '^tags/' ...
3282377
git-svn fetch/rebase failing after trying to repair a corrupted file
15
2010-07-19 15:18:35
<p>I recently had a corrupted object in my repository, pointing on my HEAD (the object was empty) . It happened after interrupting a git-svn command. Then, I restored my repository by changing manually the refs on this object.</p> <p>Now, I want to synchronize my git repository with SVN, but git svn fetch returns:</p...
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395,948
2011-05-20 15:14:38
3,282,594
24
2010-07-19 15:42:56
112,968
2011-05-20 15:14:38
https://stackoverflow.com/q/3282377
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3282594
<p>if you have svn metadata stored with your commit messages (those <code>http://svn.…./svn/trunk@r12331 (&lt;id&gt;)</code>), you can delete the <code>.rev_map.&lt;id&gt;</code> files from the <code>.git/svn/…</code> directories.</p> <p>git-svn will then re-create them before running the next command.</p> <p>Edit: W...
<p>if you have svn metadata stored with your commit messages (those <code>http://svn.…./svn/trunk@r12331 (&lt;id&gt;)</code>), you can delete the <code>.rev_map.&lt;id&gt;</code> files from the <code>.git/svn/…</code> directories.</p> <p>git-svn will then re-create them before running the next command.</p> <p>Edit: W...
119, 6452
git, git-svn
<h1>git-svn fetch/rebase failing after trying to repair a corrupted file</h1> <p>I recently had a corrupted object in my repository, pointing on my HEAD (the object was empty) . It happened after interrupting a git-svn command. Then, I restored my repository by changing manually the refs on this object.</p> <p>Now, I...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,828
git
# git-svn fetch/rebase failing after trying to repair a corrupted file I recently had a corrupted object in my repository, pointing on my HEAD (the object was empty) . It happened after interrupting a git-svn command. Then, I restored my repository by changing manually the refs on this object. Now, I want to synchron...
if you have svn metadata stored with your commit messages (those `http://svn.…./svn/trunk@r12331 (<id>)`), you can delete the `.rev_map.<id>` files from the `.git/svn/…` directories. git-svn will then re-create them before running the next command. Edit: When running `git gc` if you see output along the lines of: ``...
579871
Can I make vim respect my .gitignore files?
15
2009-02-23 23:38:18
<p>I was wondering if there is a way to get vim to read .gitignore files and use them to determine options not to present when auto-completing filenames. </p> <p>For example, working in python, I'd like to not see .pyc files offered for editing. I think vim has its own mechanism for this, I was wondering how to load i...
6,637
37,984
2022-07-15 22:26:03
581,860
24
2009-02-24 14:05:26
21,632
2009-02-24 14:05:26
https://stackoverflow.com/q/579871
https://stackoverflow.com/a/581860
<p>As suggested by @dwc, here's a vim script:</p> <pre><code>let filename = '.gitignore' if filereadable(filename) let igstring = '' for oline in readfile(filename) let line = substitute(oline, '\s|\n|\r', '', "g") if line =~ '^#' | con | endif if line == '' | con | endif if li...
<p>As suggested by @dwc, here's a vim script:</p> <pre><code>let filename = '.gitignore' if filereadable(filename) let igstring = '' for oline in readfile(filename) let line = substitute(oline, '\s|\n|\r', '', "g") if line =~ '^#' | con | endif if line == '' | con | endif if li...
119, 370, 25056
git, gitignore, vim
<h1>Can I make vim respect my .gitignore files?</h1> <p>I was wondering if there is a way to get vim to read .gitignore files and use them to determine options not to present when auto-completing filenames. </p> <p>For example, working in python, I'd like to not see .pyc files offered for editing. I think vim has its ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,829
git
# Can I make vim respect my .gitignore files? I was wondering if there is a way to get vim to read .gitignore files and use them to determine options not to present when auto-completing filenames. For example, working in python, I'd like to not see .pyc files offered for editing. I think vim has its own mechanism for...
As suggested by @dwc, here's a vim script: ``` let filename = '.gitignore' if filereadable(filename) let igstring = '' for oline in readfile(filename) let line = substitute(oline, '\s|\n|\r', '', "g") if line =~ '^#' | con | endif if line == '' | con | endif if line =~ '^!' | c...
52975103
How can I recover the commit message when the git commit-msg hook fails?
14
2018-10-24 17:44:53
<p>I'm using one of git's hooks <code>commit-msg</code> to validate a commit message for certain format and contents.</p> <p>However, whenever a commit message fails the hook, I have sometimes lost a paragraph or more of text from my message.</p> <p>I've played around with saving it off somewhere, but I'm not sure ho...
5,659
1,153,105
2024-11-13 17:56:19
52,976,498
24
2018-10-24 19:21:28
10,470,287
2018-10-24 19:21:28
https://stackoverflow.com/q/52975103
https://stackoverflow.com/a/52976498
<p>The commit message is stored in <code>.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG</code>. After a "failed" committing attempt, you could run:</p> <pre><code>git commit --edit --file=.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG </code></pre> <p>or shorter, e.g.:</p> <pre><code>git commit -eF .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG </code></pre> <p>which will load the bad commit me...
<p>The commit message is stored in <code>.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG</code>. After a "failed" committing attempt, you could run:</p> <pre><code>git commit --edit --file=.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG </code></pre> <p>or shorter, e.g.:</p> <pre><code>git commit -eF .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG </code></pre> <p>which will load the bad commit me...
119, 43087, 53850
git, git-commit, githooks
<h1>How can I recover the commit message when the git commit-msg hook fails?</h1> <p>I'm using one of git's hooks <code>commit-msg</code> to validate a commit message for certain format and contents.</p> <p>However, whenever a commit message fails the hook, I have sometimes lost a paragraph or more of text from my mes...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,831
git
# How can I recover the commit message when the git commit-msg hook fails? I'm using one of git's hooks `commit-msg` to validate a commit message for certain format and contents. However, whenever a commit message fails the hook, I have sometimes lost a paragraph or more of text from my message. I've played around w...
The commit message is stored in `.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG`. After a "failed" committing attempt, you could run: ``` git commit --edit --file=.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG ``` or shorter, e.g.: ``` git commit -eF .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG ``` which will load the bad commit message in your `$EDITOR` (or the editor you set up in your Git ...
52472435
Why doesn't Git natively support UTF-16?
14
2018-09-24 03:47:20
<p>Git supports several different encoding schemes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UTF-7</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UTF-8</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UTF-32</a>, as well as no...
6,362
6,617,427
2022-03-08 20:55:30
52,474,068
24
2018-09-24 06:57:24
1,256,452
2022-02-18 22:59:34
https://stackoverflow.com/q/52472435
https://stackoverflow.com/a/52474068
<p>I devote a significant chunk of a full chapter of my (currently rather moribund) <a href="http://web.torek.net/torek/tmp/book.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book (see Chapter 3, which is in better shape than later chapters)</a> to the issue of character encoding, because it is a historical mess. It's worth mentioni...
<p>I devote a significant chunk of a full chapter of my (currently rather moribund) <a href="http://web.torek.net/torek/tmp/book.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">book (see Chapter 3, which is in better shape than later chapters)</a> to the issue of character encoding, because it is a historical mess. It's worth mentioni...
119, 10016
git, utf-16
<h1>Why doesn't Git natively support UTF-16?</h1> <p>Git supports several different encoding schemes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UTF-7</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">UTF-8</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32" r...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,832
git
# Why doesn't Git natively support UTF-16? Git supports several different encoding schemes, [UTF-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-7), [UTF-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8), and [UTF-32](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32), as well as non-UTF ones. Given this, why doesn't it support UTF-16? There's a lot...
I devote a significant chunk of a full chapter of my (currently rather moribund) [book (see Chapter 3, which is in better shape than later chapters)](http://web.torek.net/torek/tmp/book.pdf) to the issue of character encoding, because it is a historical mess. It's worth mentioning here, though, that part of the premise...
39612846
what does the hash from `git describe` refer to?
14
2016-09-21 09:38:45
<pre><code>$ git describe --tags --long test-1-g3c31c73 \_ ??? </code></pre> <p>The <code>g3c31c73</code> doesn't seem to point to anything... The <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe" rel="noreferrer">doc</a> says it's <em>the abbreviated object name of the most recent commit</em>, but it's not t...
3,414
927,631
2017-10-27 07:25:20
39,613,204
24
2016-09-21 09:53:25
440,564
2017-10-27 07:25:20
https://stackoverflow.com/q/39612846
https://stackoverflow.com/a/39613204
<p>The "g" isn't a part of the commit.</p> <p>Try looking for a commit <code>3c31c73</code> using <code>git show 3c31c73</code>.</p> <p>From the <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe#_examples" rel="noreferrer">git-describe doc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow ...
<p>The "g" isn't a part of the commit.</p> <p>Try looking for a commit <code>3c31c73</code> using <code>git show 3c31c73</code>.</p> <p>From the <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe#_examples" rel="noreferrer">git-describe doc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow ...
119, 80455, 117987
git, git-describe, git-hash
<h1>what does the hash from `git describe` refer to?</h1> <pre><code>$ git describe --tags --long test-1-g3c31c73 \_ ??? </code></pre> <p>The <code>g3c31c73</code> doesn't seem to point to anything... The <a href="https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe" rel="noreferrer">doc</a> says it's <em>the abbreviated ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,833
git
# what does the hash from `git describe` refer to? ``` $ git describe --tags --long test-1-g3c31c73 \_ ??? ``` The `g3c31c73` doesn't seem to point to anything... The [doc](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe) says it's *the abbreviated object name of the most recent commit*, but it's not the HEAD commit...
The "g" isn't a part of the commit. Try looking for a commit `3c31c73` using `git show 3c31c73`. From the [git-describe doc](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe#_examples): > The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow describing the version of a software depending on the SCM the software is managed with....
22246907
Move running merge of git to beyond compare
14
2014-03-07 09:59:47
<p>I made certain changes in my local branch. I didn't commit. I just indexed all changes and moved them to stash. Now I did a</p> <pre><code>git pull </code></pre> <p>After git pull I did</p> <pre><code>git stash apply </code></pre> <p>Now there are some conflicts. In eclipse I am able to see the conflicts in norm...
12,293
1,450,832
2021-02-17 09:18:49
22,247,085
24
2014-03-07 10:06:22
null
2018-09-12 16:36:05
https://stackoverflow.com/q/22246907
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22247085
<p>I'm assuming that you're okay with launching Beyond Compare from the command line, and that you're on Windows. You can add the following lines to your global <code>.gitconfig</code> file:</p> <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>[merge] tool = bc3 [diff] tool = bc3 [difftool "bc3"] cmd = "\...
<p>I'm assuming that you're okay with launching Beyond Compare from the command line, and that you're on Windows. You can add the following lines to your global <code>.gitconfig</code> file:</p> <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>[merge] tool = bc3 [diff] tool = bc3 [difftool "bc3"] cmd = "\...
119, 28897, 33007
beyondcompare3, git, git-merge
<h1>Move running merge of git to beyond compare</h1> <p>I made certain changes in my local branch. I didn't commit. I just indexed all changes and moved them to stash. Now I did a</p> <pre><code>git pull </code></pre> <p>After git pull I did</p> <pre><code>git stash apply </code></pre> <p>Now there are some conflic...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,834
git
# Move running merge of git to beyond compare I made certain changes in my local branch. I didn't commit. I just indexed all changes and moved them to stash. Now I did a ``` git pull ``` After git pull I did ``` git stash apply ``` Now there are some conflicts. In eclipse I am able to see the conflicts in normal g...
I'm assuming that you're okay with launching Beyond Compare from the command line, and that you're on Windows. You can add the following lines to your global `.gitconfig` file: ``` [merge] tool = bc3 [diff] tool = bc3 [difftool "bc3"] cmd = "\"c:/program files (x86)/beyond compare 3/bcomp.exe\" \"$LOCAL\" ...
18106638
Git push new local branch to remote, without having to specify name
14
2013-08-07 14:50:50
<p>When working on patch fixes for a specific, tracked issue, our workflow looks like:</p> <pre><code>1. git checkout patch; git pull upstream patch; # make sure we're up-to-date 2. git checkout -b issue-435-db-integrity-exception 3. # code some awesome 4. git commit -am "Fixes issue #435" 5. git push -u origin issue-...
2,653
88,111
2025-09-06 10:22:52
18,106,859
24
2013-08-07 15:00:16
null
2013-12-09 12:56:20
https://stackoverflow.com/q/18106638
https://stackoverflow.com/a/18106859
<p>You could use the following:</p> <pre><code># For Git 1.8.5+ git push origin -u @ # For older versions of Git git push origin -u HEAD </code></pre> <p>By using <code>@</code> or <code>HEAD</code>, Git will push the currently checked-out branch to <code>origin</code>, and if the branch doesn't exist on <code>origi...
<p>You could use the following:</p> <pre><code># For Git 1.8.5+ git push origin -u @ # For older versions of Git git push origin -u HEAD </code></pre> <p>By using <code>@</code> or <code>HEAD</code>, Git will push the currently checked-out branch to <code>origin</code>, and if the branch doesn't exist on <code>origi...
119
git
<h1>Git push new local branch to remote, without having to specify name</h1> <p>When working on patch fixes for a specific, tracked issue, our workflow looks like:</p> <pre><code>1. git checkout patch; git pull upstream patch; # make sure we're up-to-date 2. git checkout -b issue-435-db-integrity-exception 3. # code s...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,835
git
# Git push new local branch to remote, without having to specify name When working on patch fixes for a specific, tracked issue, our workflow looks like: ``` 1. git checkout patch; git pull upstream patch; # make sure we're up-to-date 2. git checkout -b issue-435-db-integrity-exception 3. # code some awesome 4. git c...
You could use the following: ``` # For Git 1.8.5+ git push origin -u @ # For older versions of Git git push origin -u HEAD ``` By using `@` or `HEAD`, Git will push the currently checked-out branch to `origin`, and if the branch doesn't exist on `origin` yet, it will create it. So, in your example, if you have `iss...
11792461
Visual Studio gitignore and mdf, ldf files
14
2012-08-03 08:54:23
<p>I have a database project that generates these files and added to gitignore. However they don't seem to be getting ignored and I need to revert them before commiting, quite annoying. The files are still locked by VS, is this a problem?</p> <pre><code># # Windows and Mac OS X Temp Cache Files # [Tt]humbs.db *.DS_Sto...
4,871
27,294
2012-08-03 09:07:12
11,792,662
24
2012-08-03 09:07:12
520,162
2012-08-03 09:07:12
https://stackoverflow.com/q/11792461
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11792662
<blockquote> <p>I need to revert them before commiting</p> </blockquote> <p>indicates that they are already versioned and were entered into <code>.gitignore</code> <strong>after</strong> they were added using <code>git add</code>.</p> <p>Two possible solutions:</p> <ol> <li><p>temporarily take them out of your <co...
<blockquote> <p>I need to revert them before commiting</p> </blockquote> <p>indicates that they are already versioned and were entered into <code>.gitignore</code> <strong>after</strong> they were added using <code>git add</code>.</p> <p>Two possible solutions:</p> <ol> <li><p>temporarily take them out of your <co...
119, 14456, 25056
git, gitignore, visual-studio-2010
<h1>Visual Studio gitignore and mdf, ldf files</h1> <p>I have a database project that generates these files and added to gitignore. However they don't seem to be getting ignored and I need to revert them before commiting, quite annoying. The files are still locked by VS, is this a problem?</p> <pre><code># # Windows a...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,836
git
# Visual Studio gitignore and mdf, ldf files I have a database project that generates these files and added to gitignore. However they don't seem to be getting ignored and I need to revert them before commiting, quite annoying. The files are still locked by VS, is this a problem? ``` # # Windows and Mac OS X Temp Cac...
> I need to revert them before commiting indicates that they are already versioned and were entered into `.gitignore` **after** they were added using `git add`. Two possible solutions: 1. temporarily take them out of your `.gitignore`, then `git rm --cached -- *.mdf` and `git rm --cached -- *.ldf`. Th...
2030477
git error "Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory"
14
2010-01-08 20:21:48
<p><code>"Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory".</code></p> <p>I am new to Git - I tried <em>googling</em> for an answer to no avail.</p> <p>What does this error mean? What should/can I do?</p>
12,727
171,461
2010-01-08 20:25:18
2,030,496
24
2010-01-08 20:25:18
218,956
2010-01-08 20:25:18
https://stackoverflow.com/q/2030477
https://stackoverflow.com/a/2030496
<p>A dirty working directory means you have uncommitted changes to your branch. You can either commit them or stash them. To stash just use:</p> <pre><code>git stash </code></pre> <p>And use this to bring your changes back</p> <pre><code>git stash apply </code></pre>
<p>A dirty working directory means you have uncommitted changes to your branch. You can either commit them or stash them. To stash just use:</p> <pre><code>git stash </code></pre> <p>And use this to bring your changes back</p> <pre><code>git stash apply </code></pre>
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git
<h1>git error "Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory"</h1> <p><code>"Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory".</code></p> <p>I am new to Git - I tried <em>googling</em> for an answer to no avail.</p> <p>What does this error mean? What should/can I do?</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,837
git
# git error "Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory" `"Cannot rewrite branch(es) with a dirty working directory".` I am new to Git - I tried *googling* for an answer to no avail. What does this error mean? What should/can I do?
A dirty working directory means you have uncommitted changes to your branch. You can either commit them or stash them. To stash just use: ``` git stash ``` And use this to bring your changes back ``` git stash apply ```
1465398
"git pull" broken
14
2009-09-23 11:24:31
<p>I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard and "git pull" returns:</p> <pre><code>rakudo $ git pull git: 'pull' is not a git-command. See 'git --help' Did you mean this? shell rakudo $ git-pull -bash: git-pull: command not found </code></pre> <p>I've tried reinstalling via macports, but to no avai...
10,653
8,003
2020-11-02 10:57:09
1,466,029
24
2009-09-23 13:32:37
71,343
2009-09-23 13:32:37
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1465398
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1466029
<p>Looking in the source of git, there's a comment in git.c:</p> <pre><code>/* * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build * time. */ </code></pre> <p>If you call <co...
<p>Looking in the source of git, there's a comment in git.c:</p> <pre><code>/* * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build * time. */ </code></pre> <p>If you call <co...
119, 369, 32395
git, macos, osx-snow-leopard
<h1>"git pull" broken</h1> <p>I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard and "git pull" returns:</p> <pre><code>rakudo $ git pull git: 'pull' is not a git-command. See 'git --help' Did you mean this? shell rakudo $ git-pull -bash: git-pull: command not found </code></pre> <p>I've tried reinstalling v...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,838
git
# "git pull" broken I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard and "git pull" returns: ``` rakudo $ git pull git: 'pull' is not a git-command. See 'git --help' Did you mean this? shell rakudo $ git-pull -bash: git-pull: command not found ``` I've tried reinstalling via macports, but to no avail. The...
Looking in the source of git, there's a comment in git.c: ``` /* * We use PATH to find git commands, but we prepend some higher * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the GIT_EXEC_PATH * environment, and the $(gitexecdir) from the Makefile at build * time. */ ``` If you call `git --exec-path`, you end up ...
47029731
Git get latest changes before pushing a branch
13
2017-10-31 07:11:01
<p>I have a local branch <code>features</code> that I based off of my local <code>master</code> to add some stuff in my code. I am now ready to merge those back into <code>master</code> , however, the state of the remote <code>master</code> branch has changed since then.</p> <p>How can I get the latest version of mast...
14,814
5,493,420
2024-04-02 01:44:32
47,029,875
24
2017-10-31 07:21:42
3,026,283
2017-10-31 08:20:29
https://stackoverflow.com/q/47029731
https://stackoverflow.com/a/47029875
<ol> <li>Go to <code>master</code> branch with: <code>git checkout master</code></li> <li>Update your local <code>master</code> with: <code>git pull origin master</code></li> <li>Resolve conflicts (if applicable)</li> <li>Go back to <code>features</code> with: <code>git checkout features</code></li> <li>Merge <code>mas...
<ol> <li>Go to <code>master</code> branch with: <code>git checkout master</code></li> <li>Update your local <code>master</code> with: <code>git pull origin master</code></li> <li>Resolve conflicts (if applicable)</li> <li>Go back to <code>features</code> with: <code>git checkout features</code></li> <li>Merge <code>mas...
119, 456, 717, 37230, 53847
branching-and-merging, git, git-checkout, merge, version-control
<h1>Git get latest changes before pushing a branch</h1> <p>I have a local branch <code>features</code> that I based off of my local <code>master</code> to add some stuff in my code. I am now ready to merge those back into <code>master</code> , however, the state of the remote <code>master</code> branch has changed sinc...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,839
git
# Git get latest changes before pushing a branch I have a local branch `features` that I based off of my local `master` to add some stuff in my code. I am now ready to merge those back into `master` , however, the state of the remote `master` branch has changed since then. How can I get the latest version of master a...
1. Go to `master` branch with: `git checkout master` 2. Update your local `master` with: `git pull origin master` 3. Resolve conflicts (if applicable) 4. Go back to `features` with: `git checkout features` 5. Merge `master` branch over `features` with: `git merge master` 6. Push changes with: `git push origin features`...
45819357
How to resolve merge conflict during pull request?
13
2017-08-22 13:43:08
<p>We generally have individual branches off of master. So for example we have a branch named "JohnMaster". John does his development locally off of JohnMaster and when he is ready to push his code to master he pushes his branch to remote and then does a pull request to master from JohnMaster. The problem were running ...
14,955
127,954
2017-08-23 02:32:57
45,819,784
24
2017-08-22 14:00:42
6,939,011
2017-08-23 02:32:57
https://stackoverflow.com/q/45819357
https://stackoverflow.com/a/45819784
<p><strong>Short answer</strong>: </p> <p>Merge origin/master into JohnMaster and push this to its remote (origin/JohnMaster). Now you can do the pull request from origin/JohnMaster to master and you won't get merge conflicts as long as there are no new commits on master (commits in master that are not contained on Jo...
<p><strong>Short answer</strong>: </p> <p>Merge origin/master into JohnMaster and push this to its remote (origin/JohnMaster). Now you can do the pull request from origin/JohnMaster to master and you won't get merge conflicts as long as there are no new commits on master (commits in master that are not contained on Jo...
119, 733, 64512, 116537
azure-devops, git, pull-request, tfs
<h1>How to resolve merge conflict during pull request?</h1> <p>We generally have individual branches off of master. So for example we have a branch named "JohnMaster". John does his development locally off of JohnMaster and when he is ready to push his code to master he pushes his branch to remote and then does a pull ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,840
git
# How to resolve merge conflict during pull request? We generally have individual branches off of master. So for example we have a branch named "JohnMaster". John does his development locally off of JohnMaster and when he is ready to push his code to master he pushes his branch to remote and then does a pull request t...
**Short answer**: Merge origin/master into JohnMaster and push this to its remote (origin/JohnMaster). Now you can do the pull request from origin/JohnMaster to master and you won't get merge conflicts as long as there are no new commits on master (commits in master that are not contained on JohnMaster) ``` git check...
29490893
Parsing string to local date doesn't use desired century
13
2015-04-07 11:49:47
<p>I am using this DateTimeFormatter:</p> <pre class="lang-java prettyprint-override"><code>DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("ddMMYY") </code></pre> <p>I want to parse the string <code>150790</code> and I got this error:</p> <pre><code>Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor: {DayOfMonth=15, MonthOfYear=7, WeekB...
4,419
3,202,612
2016-05-11 11:45:58
29,496,149
24
2015-04-07 16:10:15
2,491,410
2015-04-07 16:10:15
https://stackoverflow.com/q/29490893
https://stackoverflow.com/a/29496149
<p>Since this question is really about new <code>java.time</code>-package and NOT <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> I will cite following <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html" rel="noreferrer">relevant section</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Year: The count of letters determ...
<p>Since this question is really about new <code>java.time</code>-package and NOT <code>SimpleDateFormat</code> I will cite following <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html" rel="noreferrer">relevant section</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Year: The count of letters determ...
17, 5002, 8016, 100364
2-digit-year, date, java, java-time
<h1>Parsing string to local date doesn't use desired century</h1> <p>I am using this DateTimeFormatter:</p> <pre class="lang-java prettyprint-override"><code>DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("ddMMYY") </code></pre> <p>I want to parse the string <code>150790</code> and I got this error:</p> <pre><code>Unable to obtain Loc...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,843
git
# Parsing string to local date doesn't use desired century I am using this DateTimeFormatter: ``` DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("ddMMYY") ``` I want to parse the string `150790` and I got this error: ``` Unable to obtain LocalDate from TemporalAccessor: {DayOfMonth=15, MonthOfYear=7, WeekBasedYear[WeekFields[MONDAY,4...
Since this question is really about new `java.time`-package and NOT `SimpleDateFormat` I will cite following [relevant section](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html): > Year: The count of letters determines the minimum field width below > which padding is used. If the count ...
26649591
Git fetch does not download remote branches
13
2014-10-30 09:42:54
<p>I cannot get Git to fetch new branches on the remote. <code>git remote show</code> will not show that any branch other than master exists, but <code>git ls-remote</code> proves that they exist. </p> <p>Example: <code>git ls-remote</code> shows that the branch homodyne_process exist-</p> <pre><code>$ git ls-remote ...
12,891
1,982,894
2020-03-31 13:11:11
26,649,770
24
2014-10-30 09:51:33
1,982,894
2020-03-31 13:11:11
https://stackoverflow.com/q/26649591
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26649770
<p>This answer solved my question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/25941875/1982894">https://stackoverflow.com/a/25941875/1982894</a>.</p> <p>Basically I needed to run </p> <pre><code>git config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" </code></pre> <p>This sets git to fetch all remote branches...
<p>This answer solved my question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/25941875/1982894">https://stackoverflow.com/a/25941875/1982894</a>.</p> <p>Basically I needed to run </p> <pre><code>git config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" </code></pre> <p>This sets git to fetch all remote branches...
119
git
<h1>Git fetch does not download remote branches</h1> <p>I cannot get Git to fetch new branches on the remote. <code>git remote show</code> will not show that any branch other than master exists, but <code>git ls-remote</code> proves that they exist. </p> <p>Example: <code>git ls-remote</code> shows that the branch hom...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,844
git
# Git fetch does not download remote branches I cannot get Git to fetch new branches on the remote. `git remote show` will not show that any branch other than master exists, but `git ls-remote` proves that they exist. Example: `git ls-remote` shows that the branch homodyne_process exist- ``` $ git ls-remote origin b...
This answer solved my question: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/25941875/1982894>. Basically I needed to run ``` git config remote.origin.fetch "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" ``` This sets git to fetch all remote branches and not just master. The original configuration was: ``` $ git config --get remote.origin....
15439104
Can Install EGit: Missing requirement: Git Team Provider Core
13
2013-03-15 17:55:48
<p>So I am using Coldfusion Builder with Ecplise. I am trying to get EGit installed in it so I can do Git stuff. The only thing I can ever get installed is EGit 0.11.1 from <code>http://download.ecplise.org/releases/helios/</code>. When I try to install the latest version from <code>http://download.eclipse.org/egit/upd...
16,684
1,229,594
2014-07-06 13:44:11
15,441,326
24
2013-03-15 20:14:08
845,716
2013-03-15 20:14:08
https://stackoverflow.com/q/15439104
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15441326
<p>You said you were trying to update via <code>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/</code>, so sounds like you're still running Eclipse 3.6 (Helios).</p> <p>According to the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/FAQ#What_versions_of_Eclipse_does_EGit_target.3F">EGit FAQ</a>, the latest version of EGit that is...
<p>You said you were trying to update via <code>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/</code>, so sounds like you're still running Eclipse 3.6 (Helios).</p> <p>According to the <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/FAQ#What_versions_of_Eclipse_does_EGit_target.3F">EGit FAQ</a>, the latest version of EGit that is...
119, 3885, 41624, 41989, 43702
coldfusionbuilder, eclipse-plugin, egit, git, windows-7-x64
<h1>Can Install EGit: Missing requirement: Git Team Provider Core</h1> <p>So I am using Coldfusion Builder with Ecplise. I am trying to get EGit installed in it so I can do Git stuff. The only thing I can ever get installed is EGit 0.11.1 from <code>http://download.ecplise.org/releases/helios/</code>. When I try to ins...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,845
git
# Can Install EGit: Missing requirement: Git Team Provider Core So I am using Coldfusion Builder with Ecplise. I am trying to get EGit installed in it so I can do Git stuff. The only thing I can ever get installed is EGit 0.11.1 from `http://download.ecplise.org/releases/helios/`. When I try to install the latest vers...
You said you were trying to update via `http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios/`, so sounds like you're still running Eclipse 3.6 (Helios). According to the [EGit FAQ](http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/FAQ#What_versions_of_Eclipse_does_EGit_target.3F), the latest version of EGit that is supported on Helios is 2.1.0.20...
5735656
Tagging release before deploying with Capistrano
13
2011-04-20 19:34:26
<p>I'm looking to build a nice little Capistrano recipe for deploying sites version controlled in Git.</p> <p>In addition to some other things I'm working on adding, my first task is to tag the current release with the current date...and when that tag already exists (e.g. multiple releases in a day), append a letter.<...
5,563
79,550
2020-06-08 13:47:42
5,735,765
24
2011-04-20 19:45:32
113,987
2011-04-20 19:45:32
https://stackoverflow.com/q/5735656
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5735765
<p>I've done something similar with Capistrano. The easiest thing to do is tag using the timestamp name that Capistrano used during the deploy - that's YYYYMMDDHHMMSS, so it's really hard to get duplicates. </p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code>task :push_deploy_tag do user = `git config --get user.name`.chomp email ...
<p>I've done something similar with Capistrano. The easiest thing to do is tag using the timestamp name that Capistrano used during the deploy - that's YYYYMMDDHHMMSS, so it's really hard to get duplicates. </p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code>task :push_deploy_tag do user = `git config --get user.name`.chomp email ...
12, 119, 2831
capistrano, git, ruby
<h1>Tagging release before deploying with Capistrano</h1> <p>I'm looking to build a nice little Capistrano recipe for deploying sites version controlled in Git.</p> <p>In addition to some other things I'm working on adding, my first task is to tag the current release with the current date...and when that tag already e...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,847
git
# Tagging release before deploying with Capistrano I'm looking to build a nice little Capistrano recipe for deploying sites version controlled in Git. In addition to some other things I'm working on adding, my first task is to tag the current release with the current date...and when that tag already exists (e.g. mult...
I've done something similar with Capistrano. The easiest thing to do is tag using the timestamp name that Capistrano used during the deploy - that's YYYYMMDDHHMMSS, so it's really hard to get duplicates. Example: ``` task :push_deploy_tag do user = `git config --get user.name`.chomp email = `git config --get user...
73644598
Why does signing commit with SSH key fail with "invalid format?" and "failed to write commit object"?
12
2022-09-08 06:32:00
<p>I followed <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key" rel="noreferrer">GitHub's instructions</a> for telling git about my SSH key, but when I tried to sign a commit</p> <pre><code>git commit -S </code></...
13,306
5,432,315
2024-05-29 23:00:16
73,644,599
24
2022-09-08 06:32:00
5,432,315
2024-05-29 23:00:16
https://stackoverflow.com/q/73644598
https://stackoverflow.com/a/73644599
<h2>Setup</h2> <p>For Git to successfully sign the commit,</p> <ol> <li>Git (v2.34 or later) needs to <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key" rel="nofollow noreferrer">know about your SSH key</a></li> <l...
<h2>Setup</h2> <p>For Git to successfully sign the commit,</p> <ol> <li>Git (v2.34 or later) needs to <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key" rel="nofollow noreferrer">know about your SSH key</a></li> <l...
119, 3263, 25308, 123373
git, git-for-windows, signing, ssh-keys
<h1>Why does signing commit with SSH key fail with "invalid format?" and "failed to write commit object"?</h1> <p>I followed <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key" rel="noreferrer">GitHub's instructions...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,849
git
# Why does signing commit with SSH key fail with "invalid format?" and "failed to write commit object"? I followed [GitHub's instructions](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key) for telling git about my SSH key...
## Setup For Git to successfully sign the commit, 1. Git (v2.34 or later) needs to [know about your SSH key](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/telling-git-about-your-signing-key#telling-git-about-your-ssh-key) 2. The ssh-agent needs to be running - `eval "$(ssh-agent ...
71448559
Git Large File Storage / How to install git lfs on AWS EC2 Linux 2 / "No package git-lfs available."
12
2022-03-12 09:37:19
<p>How to install <code>git-lfs</code> on an Amazon EC2 (Amazon Linux 2) instance?</p> <p>Based on <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/INSTALLING.md" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/INSTALLING.md</a> did I tried:</p> <pre><code>sudo yum install git -y; cd /home/ec2-user; ...
12,616
8,446,781
2024-08-15 14:17:50
71,466,001
24
2022-03-14 10:09:06
12,326,605
2023-04-28 07:20:31
https://stackoverflow.com/q/71448559
https://stackoverflow.com/a/71466001
<p>With Amazon Linux 2, you can use the <strong>Extras</strong> Library to install application and software updates on your instances. These software updates are known as topics.</p> <p>Below are the steps:</p> <ol> <li><p>Connect to your EC2 Linux instance using SSH.</p> </li> <li><p>Use the <strong>which</strong> com...
<p>With Amazon Linux 2, you can use the <strong>Extras</strong> Library to install application and software updates on your instances. These software updates are known as topics.</p> <p>Below are the steps:</p> <ol> <li><p>Connect to your EC2 Linux instance using SSH.</p> </li> <li><p>Use the <strong>which</strong> com...
58, 119, 12375, 115244
amazon-ec2, git, git-lfs, linux
<h1>Git Large File Storage / How to install git lfs on AWS EC2 Linux 2 / "No package git-lfs available."</h1> <p>How to install <code>git-lfs</code> on an Amazon EC2 (Amazon Linux 2) instance?</p> <p>Based on <a href="https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/INSTALLING.md" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/git-lf...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,850
git
# Git Large File Storage / How to install git lfs on AWS EC2 Linux 2 / "No package git-lfs available." How to install `git-lfs` on an Amazon EC2 (Amazon Linux 2) instance? Based on <https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/main/INSTALLING.md> did I tried: ``` sudo yum install git -y; cd /home/ec2-user; curl -s https:...
With Amazon Linux 2, you can use the **Extras** Library to install application and software updates on your instances. These software updates are known as topics. Below are the steps: 1. Connect to your EC2 Linux instance using SSH. 2. Use the **which** command to confirm that the amazon-linux-extras package is insta...
61637163
git-svn Can't locate SVN/Core.pm after fresh installation of macOS Catalina 10.15.4
12
2020-05-06 14:02:04
<p>Recently I reinstalled <code>macOS Catalina 10.15.4</code>. After I installed <code>Command_Line_Tools_11.4.1</code>, it told me svn is no longer working with Xcode. Then I installed both git and svn by brew, hopefully git-svn would work. Unfortunately got this error message:</p> <blockquote> <p>Can't locate SVN/...
10,646
13,483,355
2023-03-07 16:27:32
61,637,406
24
2020-05-06 14:12:48
13,483,355
2020-05-06 14:12:48
https://stackoverflow.com/q/61637163
https://stackoverflow.com/a/61637406
<p>Finally I figure it out!!!</p> <p>Open the <code>git-svn</code> file (perl script, in my case file location is <code>/usr/local/opt/git/libexec/git-core/git-svn</code>), change the first line <code>#!/usr/bin/perl</code> to <code>#!/usr/local/bin/perl</code></p> <p>And it works!</p> <p>I guess system perl doesn't...
<p>Finally I figure it out!!!</p> <p>Open the <code>git-svn</code> file (perl script, in my case file location is <code>/usr/local/opt/git/libexec/git-core/git-svn</code>), change the first line <code>#!/usr/bin/perl</code> to <code>#!/usr/local/bin/perl</code></p> <p>And it works!</p> <p>I guess system perl doesn't...
369, 580, 6452
git-svn, macos, perl
<h1>git-svn Can't locate SVN/Core.pm after fresh installation of macOS Catalina 10.15.4</h1> <p>Recently I reinstalled <code>macOS Catalina 10.15.4</code>. After I installed <code>Command_Line_Tools_11.4.1</code>, it told me svn is no longer working with Xcode. Then I installed both git and svn by brew, hopefully git-s...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,852
git
# git-svn Can't locate SVN/Core.pm after fresh installation of macOS Catalina 10.15.4 Recently I reinstalled `macOS Catalina 10.15.4`. After I installed `Command_Line_Tools_11.4.1`, it told me svn is no longer working with Xcode. Then I installed both git and svn by brew, hopefully git-svn would work. Unfortunately go...
Finally I figure it out!!! Open the `git-svn` file (perl script, in my case file location is `/usr/local/opt/git/libexec/git-core/git-svn`), change the first line `#!/usr/bin/perl` to `#!/usr/local/bin/perl` And it works! I guess system perl doesn't include perl SVN/Core, but brew perl has it (dependency of brew svn...
51964552
delete remote branch origin
12
2018-08-22 10:10:22
<p>I deleted a branch with :</p> <pre><code>git branch -d branch_name </code></pre> <p>And I pushed, but when I list the branches with : </p> <pre><code>git branch -avv </code></pre> <p>I see that the branch is always present with the name <code>remotes/origin/branch_name</code>.</p> <p>How can I delete the branc...
11,452
6,060,601
2020-09-23 08:48:11
51,964,951
24
2018-08-22 10:36:09
7,322,100
2020-09-23 08:48:11
https://stackoverflow.com/q/51964552
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51964951
<p>When you delete a branch with <code>git branch -d branch_name</code> you just delete the local one. Push will not affect the status of the remote, so origin/branch_name will remain. If you want to delete it you should do <code>git push &lt;remote_name&gt; --delete &lt;branch_name&gt;</code> as explained in the post ...
<p>When you delete a branch with <code>git branch -d branch_name</code> you just delete the local one. Push will not affect the status of the remote, so origin/branch_name will remain. If you want to delete it you should do <code>git push &lt;remote_name&gt; --delete &lt;branch_name&gt;</code> as explained in the post ...
119, 1879, 76220
branch, git, git-branch
<h1>delete remote branch origin</h1> <p>I deleted a branch with :</p> <pre><code>git branch -d branch_name </code></pre> <p>And I pushed, but when I list the branches with : </p> <pre><code>git branch -avv </code></pre> <p>I see that the branch is always present with the name <code>remotes/origin/branch_name</code...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,853
git
# delete remote branch origin I deleted a branch with : ``` git branch -d branch_name ``` And I pushed, but when I list the branches with : ``` git branch -avv ``` I see that the branch is always present with the name `remotes/origin/branch_name`. How can I delete the branch from there?
When you delete a branch with `git branch -d branch_name` you just delete the local one. Push will not affect the status of the remote, so origin/branch_name will remain. If you want to delete it you should do `git push <remote_name> --delete <branch_name>` as explained in the post suggested as duplicate. When someone...
44494296
show git branches with date of last commit
12
2017-06-12 08:03:21
<p>I was working on a branch a couple of weeks ago but I can't remember what the branch was called (there are many). I'd like to be able to do something like:</p> <p><code>git branch --print-last-commit</code></p> <p>and for it to output something like:</p> <pre><code>branch 1 - 2017-02-12 branch 2 - 2016-12-30 </co...
8,603
98,078
2023-04-06 09:06:05
44,494,345
24
2017-06-12 08:05:39
1,465,553
2020-10-13 01:58:52
https://stackoverflow.com/q/44494296
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44494345
<p>This will print <strong>BranchName - CommitMessage - Date as (YYYY-MM-DD)</strong>. You can manipulate/edit this command line to suit your need.</p> <pre><code>git for-each-ref --sort=committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(authorname) (%(co...
<p>This will print <strong>BranchName - CommitMessage - Date as (YYYY-MM-DD)</strong>. You can manipulate/edit this command line to suit your need.</p> <pre><code>git for-each-ref --sort=committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(authorname) (%(co...
119, 456, 76220
git, git-branch, version-control
<h1>show git branches with date of last commit</h1> <p>I was working on a branch a couple of weeks ago but I can't remember what the branch was called (there are many). I'd like to be able to do something like:</p> <p><code>git branch --print-last-commit</code></p> <p>and for it to output something like:</p> <pre><c...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,854
git
# show git branches with date of last commit I was working on a branch a couple of weeks ago but I can't remember what the branch was called (there are many). I'd like to be able to do something like: `git branch --print-last-commit` and for it to output something like: ``` branch 1 - 2017-02-12 branch 2 - 2016-12-...
This will print **BranchName - CommitMessage - Date as (YYYY-MM-DD)**. You can manipulate/edit this command line to suit your need. ``` git for-each-ref --sort=committerdate refs/heads/ --format='%(HEAD) %(color:yellow)%(refname:short)%(color:reset) - %(contents:subject) - %(authorname) (%(color:green)%(committerdate:...
24803627
Get a list of changed files and their status for a specific Git commit
12
2014-07-17 12:29:47
<p>I use the following Git command</p> <pre><code>git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r &lt;SHA&gt; </code></pre> <p>to get a list of changed files.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the list doesn't specify the type of change for each file: added, modified or deleted ... etc</p> <p>How may I display a list of changes [t...
41,995
202,940
2014-07-29 06:53:16
24,819,616
24
2014-07-18 07:36:23
2,282,634
2014-07-18 07:36:23
https://stackoverflow.com/q/24803627
https://stackoverflow.com/a/24819616
<p>Use <code>--name-status</code> instead of <code>--name-only</code></p> <pre><code>git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-status -r &lt;SHA&gt; </code></pre> <p>This will show the filename with a status letter of (extracted from man): <code>Added (A), Copied (C), Deleted (D), Modified (M), Renamed (R), have their type...
<p>Use <code>--name-status</code> instead of <code>--name-only</code></p> <pre><code>git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-status -r &lt;SHA&gt; </code></pre> <p>This will show the filename with a status letter of (extracted from man): <code>Added (A), Copied (C), Deleted (D), Modified (M), Renamed (R), have their type...
119, 105913, 106016
git, git-diff-tree, git-plumbing
<h1>Get a list of changed files and their status for a specific Git commit</h1> <p>I use the following Git command</p> <pre><code>git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r &lt;SHA&gt; </code></pre> <p>to get a list of changed files.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the list doesn't specify the type of change for each file: a...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,855
git
# Get a list of changed files and their status for a specific Git commit I use the following Git command ``` git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-only -r <SHA> ``` to get a list of changed files. Unfortunately, the list doesn't specify the type of change for each file: added, modified or deleted ... etc How may I d...
Use `--name-status` instead of `--name-only` ``` git diff-tree --no-commit-id --name-status -r <SHA> ``` This will show the filename with a status letter of (extracted from man): `Added (A), Copied (C), Deleted (D), Modified (M), Renamed (R), have their type (i.e. regular file, symlink, submodule, ...) changed (T), a...
14889017
How to show local branch history?
12
2013-02-15 05:49:20
<p>I'm very new to git, I want to know how to track branch history?</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>echo "update README in branch master" &gt;&gt; README.md git commit -a -m"commit in branch master" git checkout -b b1 echo "update README in branch b1" &gt;&gt; README.md git commit -a -m"commit in branch b1" git ch...
38,532
2,038,901
2013-02-15 13:04:38
14,889,649
24
2013-02-15 06:55:23
300,238
2013-02-15 13:04:38
https://stackoverflow.com/q/14889017
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14889649
<p>You're on the right track. Try using:</p> <pre><code>git log --graph --all --oneline </code></pre> <p>Here's an example:</p> <pre><code>* e96e246 H | * c12759a G |/ * 547058e F |\ | * b81eb87 E * | 26a34db D | | * 47a536f C | | * b8fa965 B | |/ |/| * | cd14ec4 A </code></pre> <p>I personally use an a...
<p>You're on the right track. Try using:</p> <pre><code>git log --graph --all --oneline </code></pre> <p>Here's an example:</p> <pre><code>* e96e246 H | * c12759a G |/ * 547058e F |\ | * b81eb87 E * | 26a34db D | | * 47a536f C | | * b8fa965 B | |/ |/| * | cd14ec4 A </code></pre> <p>I personally use an a...
119
git
<h1>How to show local branch history?</h1> <p>I'm very new to git, I want to know how to track branch history?</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>echo "update README in branch master" &gt;&gt; README.md git commit -a -m"commit in branch master" git checkout -b b1 echo "update README in branch b1" &gt;&gt; README.md g...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,856
git
# How to show local branch history? I'm very new to git, I want to know how to track branch history? For example: ``` echo "update README in branch master" >> README.md git commit -a -m"commit in branch master" git checkout -b b1 echo "update README in branch b1" >> README.md git commit -a -m"commit in branch b1" gi...
You're on the right track. Try using: ``` git log --graph --all --oneline ``` Here's an example: ``` * e96e246 H | * c12759a G |/ * 547058e F |\ | * b81eb87 E * | 26a34db D | | * 47a536f C | | * b8fa965 B | |/ |/| * | cd14ec4 A ``` I personally use an alais in .gitconfig, ``` [alias] graph = log --g...
7770364
Git: Undo local changes; git add . + git rm?
12
2011-10-14 16:03:01
<p>Need help figuring out a couple common workflows with Github. I come from a VS TFS background, so forgive me.</p> <p><strong>Undoing Pending Changes</strong></p> <p>Let's say I have cloned of a git repository to my local file system. At this point, the project's local files match exactly what's in the remote repoi...
13,179
979,672
2019-01-18 00:23:15
7,770,430
24
2011-10-14 16:09:00
526,535
2019-01-18 00:23:15
https://stackoverflow.com/q/7770364
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7770430
<blockquote> <p>How do I undo these local changes, restoring them to the current versions in the repository?`</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>git reset --hard </code></pre> <p>(this will reset your index and working directory to HEAD)</p> <blockquote> <p>Is there a git command that will <code>git add .</code> and <...
<blockquote> <p>How do I undo these local changes, restoring them to the current versions in the repository?`</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>git reset --hard </code></pre> <p>(this will reset your index and working directory to HEAD)</p> <blockquote> <p>Is there a git command that will <code>git add .</code> and <...
119, 34792, 51381, 112901
git, git-add, git-reset, git-rm
<h1>Git: Undo local changes; git add . + git rm?</h1> <p>Need help figuring out a couple common workflows with Github. I come from a VS TFS background, so forgive me.</p> <p><strong>Undoing Pending Changes</strong></p> <p>Let's say I have cloned of a git repository to my local file system. At this point, the project'...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,857
git
# Git: Undo local changes; git add . + git rm? Need help figuring out a couple common workflows with Github. I come from a VS TFS background, so forgive me. **Undoing Pending Changes** Let's say I have cloned of a git repository to my local file system. At this point, the project's local files match exactly what's i...
> How do I undo these local changes, restoring them to the current versions in the repository?` ``` git reset --hard ``` (this will reset your index and working directory to HEAD) > Is there a git command that will `git add .` and `git rm` any files I've deleted locally, in one step?` ``` git add -u ``` (it wont a...
5607355
how to show differences between some or all files? GIT
12
2011-04-09 19:37:19
<p>As in the subject: how to show differences betwen some or all files?</p> <p>Sorry i've screwed up my question. I meant differences betwen branches for one or multiple or all files.</p>
21,084
170,961
2019-09-06 10:41:42
5,607,930
24
2011-04-09 21:08:39
85,371
2011-04-09 21:08:39
https://stackoverflow.com/q/5607355
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5607930
<p>Or perhaps a bit more helpful:</p> <pre><code>git diff &lt;commit1&gt; &lt;commit2&gt; -- path/to/file.cpp path/to/anotherfile.cpp path/to/subdir </code></pre> <p>You can also (in e.g. bash)</p> <pre><code>git diff {&lt;commit1&gt;,&lt;commit2&gt;}:path/to/file.cpp </code></pre> <p>This way you can even</p> <pr...
<p>Or perhaps a bit more helpful:</p> <pre><code>git diff &lt;commit1&gt; &lt;commit2&gt; -- path/to/file.cpp path/to/anotherfile.cpp path/to/subdir </code></pre> <p>You can also (in e.g. bash)</p> <pre><code>git diff {&lt;commit1&gt;,&lt;commit2&gt;}:path/to/file.cpp </code></pre> <p>This way you can even</p> <pr...
119
git
<h1>how to show differences between some or all files? GIT</h1> <p>As in the subject: how to show differences betwen some or all files?</p> <p>Sorry i've screwed up my question. I meant differences betwen branches for one or multiple or all files.</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,858
git
# how to show differences between some or all files? GIT As in the subject: how to show differences betwen some or all files? Sorry i've screwed up my question. I meant differences betwen branches for one or multiple or all files.
Or perhaps a bit more helpful: ``` git diff <commit1> <commit2> -- path/to/file.cpp path/to/anotherfile.cpp path/to/subdir ``` You can also (in e.g. bash) ``` git diff {<commit1>,<commit2>}:path/to/file.cpp ``` This way you can even ``` git diff <commit1>:path/to/file.cpp <commit2>:path/to/anotherfile.cpp ``` whi...
1695925
How do I import a third party lib into git?
12
2009-11-08 10:01:15
<p>I'm looking at how to import some third part code into a git repository. The third party code is the "stm32f10x_stdperiph_lib" that is provided by ST. </p> <p>The lib is actually a bunch of normal c-files (and header-files) that you just include and build with when you do a <a href="http://www.st.com/stonline/stapp...
5,724
51,425
2016-01-18 13:24:31
1,698,115
24
2009-11-08 22:20:35
14,660
2016-01-18 13:24:31
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1695925
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1698115
<p>What you're looking for is a "vendor branch". Assuming you want to work on this code and merge the vendor's updates with your own patches, here's how you make that easy.</p> <pre><code>git checkout -b vendor # create a vendor branch and check it out </code></pre> <p>That's a one time thing. The vendor branch ...
<p>What you're looking for is a "vendor branch". Assuming you want to work on this code and merge the vendor's updates with your own patches, here's how you make that easy.</p> <pre><code>git checkout -b vendor # create a vendor branch and check it out </code></pre> <p>That's a one time thing. The vendor branch ...
119, 432, 9608
git, import, organization
<h1>How do I import a third party lib into git?</h1> <p>I'm looking at how to import some third part code into a git repository. The third party code is the "stm32f10x_stdperiph_lib" that is provided by ST. </p> <p>The lib is actually a bunch of normal c-files (and header-files) that you just include and build with wh...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,859
git
# How do I import a third party lib into git? I'm looking at how to import some third part code into a git repository. The third party code is the "stm32f10x_stdperiph_lib" that is provided by ST. The lib is actually a bunch of normal c-files (and header-files) that you just include and build with when you do a [STM3...
What you're looking for is a "vendor branch". Assuming you want to work on this code and merge the vendor's updates with your own patches, here's how you make that easy. ``` git checkout -b vendor # create a vendor branch and check it out ``` That's a one time thing. The vendor branch and its ONLY going to contain...
63646679
SourceTree can't show GIT diff for big text file (or treats it as binary)
11
2020-08-29 11:56:14
<p>I'm trying to use GIT for tracking changes to a pretty big XML file (about 3 Mb). The file is in UTF-8, and CRLF line ending (I'm working in Windows 10). But for some reason GIT keeps thinking it's binary file and does not show any diff. Or just can't detect changes.</p> <p>Diff in Sourcetree shows the message &quot...
8,784
5,247,631
2024-08-01 18:48:55
63,656,754
24
2020-08-30 11:02:54
5,247,631
2024-08-01 18:48:55
https://stackoverflow.com/q/63646679
https://stackoverflow.com/a/63656754
<p>The problem was not GIT options, but SourceTree settings Tools/Options/Diff. By default it has setting for internal Diff View - Size Limit for text files of 1024Kb.</p> <p>I set it to a higher value and it resolved my problem.</p> <p>I mistakenly interpreted SourceTree error message &quot;<strong>No changes in this ...
<p>The problem was not GIT options, but SourceTree settings Tools/Options/Diff. By default it has setting for internal Diff View - Size Limit for text files of 1024Kb.</p> <p>I set it to a higher value and it resolved my problem.</p> <p>I mistakenly interpreted SourceTree error message &quot;<strong>No changes in this ...
119, 90056
atlassian-sourcetree, git
<h1>SourceTree can't show GIT diff for big text file (or treats it as binary)</h1> <p>I'm trying to use GIT for tracking changes to a pretty big XML file (about 3 Mb). The file is in UTF-8, and CRLF line ending (I'm working in Windows 10). But for some reason GIT keeps thinking it's binary file and does not show any di...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,861
git
# SourceTree can't show GIT diff for big text file (or treats it as binary) I'm trying to use GIT for tracking changes to a pretty big XML file (about 3 Mb). The file is in UTF-8, and CRLF line ending (I'm working in Windows 10). But for some reason GIT keeps thinking it's binary file and does not show any diff. Or ju...
The problem was not GIT options, but SourceTree settings Tools/Options/Diff. By default it has setting for internal Diff View - Size Limit for text files of 1024Kb. I set it to a higher value and it resolved my problem. I mistakenly interpreted SourceTree error message "**No changes in this file detected, or it is a ...
35150186
Getting git-revision hash with webpack
11
2016-02-02 09:59:10
<p>I'm trying to create archive with webpack with suffix by git-revision. Could you tell me please what is good way to do it?</p>
3,081
274,500
2016-02-02 11:38:39
35,150,907
24
2016-02-02 10:29:35
5,338,489
2016-02-02 10:37:49
https://stackoverflow.com/q/35150186
https://stackoverflow.com/a/35150907
<p>You can get git revision in webpack in this way:</p> <pre><code>var childProcess = require('child_process'), VERSION = childProcess.execSync('git rev-parse HEAD').toString(); </code></pre>
<p>You can get git revision in webpack in this way:</p> <pre><code>var childProcess = require('child_process'), VERSION = childProcess.execSync('git rev-parse HEAD').toString(); </code></pre>
102241, 117536
git-revision, webpack
<h1>Getting git-revision hash with webpack</h1> <p>I'm trying to create archive with webpack with suffix by git-revision. Could you tell me please what is good way to do it?</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,863
git
# Getting git-revision hash with webpack I'm trying to create archive with webpack with suffix by git-revision. Could you tell me please what is good way to do it?
You can get git revision in webpack in this way: ``` var childProcess = require('child_process'), VERSION = childProcess.execSync('git rev-parse HEAD').toString(); ```
10325586
How to nest git repositories; fetch and merge
10
2012-04-26 00:14:03
<p>So I have two git repos. The first is our framework (think db abstraction, functions) and then another git repo for our new project.</p> <p>I want to include the framework git repo into the project git, and according to GitHub Help, this should work:</p> <pre><code> cd /project git remote add framework git://gith...
6,107
425,964
2013-12-28 01:10:47
10,325,603
24
2012-04-26 00:15:45
147,356
2013-12-28 01:10:47
https://stackoverflow.com/q/10325586
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10325603
<p>You may want to look into Git's <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules" rel="noreferrer">submodule</a> support. A submodule lets you embed one git repository inside another git repository. There are <a href="https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree" rel="noreferrer">alternative solutions</a> to th...
<p>You may want to look into Git's <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules" rel="noreferrer">submodule</a> support. A submodule lets you embed one git repository inside another git repository. There are <a href="https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree" rel="noreferrer">alternative solutions</a> to th...
119, 456, 28897, 33720
git, git-fetch, git-merge, version-control
<h1>How to nest git repositories; fetch and merge</h1> <p>So I have two git repos. The first is our framework (think db abstraction, functions) and then another git repo for our new project.</p> <p>I want to include the framework git repo into the project git, and according to GitHub Help, this should work:</p> <pre>...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,869
git
# How to nest git repositories; fetch and merge So I have two git repos. The first is our framework (think db abstraction, functions) and then another git repo for our new project. I want to include the framework git repo into the project git, and according to GitHub Help, this should work: ``` cd /project git rem...
You may want to look into Git's [submodule](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Submodules) support. A submodule lets you embed one git repository inside another git repository. There are [alternative solutions](https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree) to this sort of thing, but I haven't used them myself. An example...
1391732
git says everything-up-to-date when pushing changes to a remote branch
10
2009-09-08 02:49:06
<p>i have commits that are in a remote repository (origin/master) which i want to put in a branch created from that repository (origin/remote_branch).</p> <p>when i checkout to that remote branch</p> <pre><code>git checkout -b mybranch origin/remote_branch </code></pre> <p>then cherry-picked the commits that i made<...
12,887
167,646
2019-12-31 17:28:42
1,391,781
24
2009-09-08 03:17:23
825
2009-09-08 03:17:23
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1391732
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1391781
<p>Depending on your version of Git, it may be trying to push branches with matching names, i.e., <code>master</code> to <code>origin/master</code> and <code>remote_branch</code> to <code>origin/remote_branch</code>. If your origin repository doesn't have a branch named <code>mybranch</code> then it thinks there's not...
<p>Depending on your version of Git, it may be trying to push branches with matching names, i.e., <code>master</code> to <code>origin/master</code> and <code>remote_branch</code> to <code>origin/remote_branch</code>. If your origin repository doesn't have a branch named <code>mybranch</code> then it thinks there's not...
119, 4236, 36489, 37230
cherry-pick, git, git-checkout, push
<h1>git says everything-up-to-date when pushing changes to a remote branch</h1> <p>i have commits that are in a remote repository (origin/master) which i want to put in a branch created from that repository (origin/remote_branch).</p> <p>when i checkout to that remote branch</p> <pre><code>git checkout -b mybranch or...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,870
git
# git says everything-up-to-date when pushing changes to a remote branch i have commits that are in a remote repository (origin/master) which i want to put in a branch created from that repository (origin/remote_branch). when i checkout to that remote branch ``` git checkout -b mybranch origin/remote_branch ``` the...
Depending on your version of Git, it may be trying to push branches with matching names, i.e., `master` to `origin/master` and `remote_branch` to `origin/remote_branch`. If your origin repository doesn't have a branch named `mybranch` then it thinks there's nothing to update. To override this default, you can explicit...
44337154
How to ungit a directory?
9
2017-06-02 20:42:54
<p>I have accidentally put my home folder under git version control. How can I undo this? I am running Ubuntu 16.04.</p> <p>Interestingly, running</p> <pre><code>$ git status </code></pre> <p>Informs me that the Mozilla Firefox cache has been altered.</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Mou4p.png" rel="noreferrer...
22,163
8,105,136
2017-06-02 22:29:48
44,337,218
24
2017-06-02 20:48:12
6,051,261
2017-06-02 20:48:12
https://stackoverflow.com/q/44337154
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44337218
<p>Try removing the <code>.git</code> directory and <code>.gitignore</code> if exist: <code>rm -Rf .git .gitignore</code></p>
<p>Try removing the <code>.git</code> directory and <code>.gitignore</code> if exist: <code>rm -Rf .git .gitignore</code></p>
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git
<h1>How to ungit a directory?</h1> <p>I have accidentally put my home folder under git version control. How can I undo this? I am running Ubuntu 16.04.</p> <p>Interestingly, running</p> <pre><code>$ git status </code></pre> <p>Informs me that the Mozilla Firefox cache has been altered.</p> <p><a href="https://i.sst...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,873
git
# How to ungit a directory? I have accidentally put my home folder under git version control. How can I undo this? I am running Ubuntu 16.04. Interestingly, running ``` $ git status ``` Informs me that the Mozilla Firefox cache has been altered. [Screenshot of terminal](https://i.sstatic.net/Mou4p.png) --- Relat...
Try removing the `.git` directory and `.gitignore` if exist: `rm -Rf .git .gitignore`
19280472
git review doesn't work? but I am able to see my changes when I do a push. What am I doing wrong?
9
2013-10-09 19:05:45
<p>I am using git and gerrit. After changing my files, I do the following:</p> <ol> <li>git status</li> <li>git add -> the modified files.</li> <li>git commit -m "the commit message"</li> <li>git review</li> <li>git push</li> </ol> <p>When I go git review: I get the following error message "No '.gitreview' file found...
25,660
2,506,131
2017-09-26 10:45:24
36,462,923
24
2016-04-06 21:44:17
3,799,093
2016-04-06 21:44:17
https://stackoverflow.com/q/19280472
https://stackoverflow.com/a/36462923
<p>The gerrit command <code>git review</code> expects that you have a remote repository set up named <code>gerrit</code>. If you already have your repository as a remote named origin (the default from a <code>git clone</code>), you can rename it to what git review expects with this:</p> <p><code>git remote rename orig...
<p>The gerrit command <code>git review</code> expects that you have a remote repository set up named <code>gerrit</code>. If you already have your repository as a remote named origin (the default from a <code>git clone</code>), you can rename it to what git review expects with this:</p> <p><code>git remote rename orig...
119
git
<h1>git review doesn't work? but I am able to see my changes when I do a push. What am I doing wrong?</h1> <p>I am using git and gerrit. After changing my files, I do the following:</p> <ol> <li>git status</li> <li>git add -> the modified files.</li> <li>git commit -m "the commit message"</li> <li>git review</li> <li>...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,874
git
# git review doesn't work? but I am able to see my changes when I do a push. What am I doing wrong? I am using git and gerrit. After changing my files, I do the following: 1. git status 2. git add -> the modified files. 3. git commit -m "the commit message" 4. git review 5. git push When I go git review: I get the f...
The gerrit command `git review` expects that you have a remote repository set up named `gerrit`. If you already have your repository as a remote named origin (the default from a `git clone`), you can rename it to what git review expects with this: `git remote rename origin gerrit`
17366006
fatal: remote heroku already exists
8
2013-06-28 13:37:36
<p>I am running the following commands and get <code>fatal: remote heroku already exists.</code> error.</p> <p>I dont know what is wrong here, it used to work without errors before.</p> <pre><code>git init git add . git commit -m 'Initial commit' git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:myapp.git </code></pre>
14,022
123,506
2019-12-29 17:20:52
23,257,044
24
2014-04-23 23:30:22
3,539,889
2014-04-23 23:30:22
https://stackoverflow.com/q/17366006
https://stackoverflow.com/a/23257044
<p>Open .git/config, you will find</p> <pre><code>[remote "heroku"] url = git@heroku.com:xxx.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/heroku/* </code></pre> <p>Change xxx to the app name you want to push. Then </p> <pre><code>git push heroku master </code></pre> <p>It works for me. You can have a try.</p>
<p>Open .git/config, you will find</p> <pre><code>[remote "heroku"] url = git@heroku.com:xxx.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/heroku/* </code></pre> <p>Change xxx to the app name you want to push. Then </p> <pre><code>git push heroku master </code></pre> <p>It works for me. You can have a try.</p>
119, 8279
git, heroku
<h1>fatal: remote heroku already exists</h1> <p>I am running the following commands and get <code>fatal: remote heroku already exists.</code> error.</p> <p>I dont know what is wrong here, it used to work without errors before.</p> <pre><code>git init git add . git commit -m 'Initial commit' git remote add heroku git@...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,877
git
# fatal: remote heroku already exists I am running the following commands and get `fatal: remote heroku already exists.` error. I dont know what is wrong here, it used to work without errors before. ``` git init git add . git commit -m 'Initial commit' git remote add heroku git@heroku.com:myapp.git ```
Open .git/config, you will find ``` [remote "heroku"] url = git@heroku.com:xxx.git fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/heroku/* ``` Change xxx to the app name you want to push. Then ``` git push heroku master ``` It works for me. You can have a try.
14448326
git commit stopped working - Error building trees
118
2013-01-21 22:25:09
<p>I can not commit a change:</p> <pre><code>$ git commit error: invalid object 100644 13da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e337f97b8114 for 'spec/routing/splits_routing_spec.rb' error: Error building trees </code></pre> <p>I tried so far:</p> <pre><code>$ git fsck | grep 13da missing blob 13da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e337f97...
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313,522
2024-12-12 22:53:38
14,453,729
23
2013-01-22 07:40:10
214,373
2013-01-22 07:40:10
https://stackoverflow.com/q/14448326
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14453729
<p>You might have a corrupted object in your git repository.</p> <p>If you have a remote, or other clones of this repository, you could grab from there the problematic file and just replace it on your local repo.</p> <p>The file you want would be in:</p> <pre><code>/repo/.git/objects/13/da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e33...
<p>You might have a corrupted object in your git repository.</p> <p>If you have a remote, or other clones of this repository, you could grab from there the problematic file and just replace it on your local repo.</p> <p>The file you want would be in:</p> <pre><code>/repo/.git/objects/13/da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e33...
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git
<h1>git commit stopped working - Error building trees</h1> <p>I can not commit a change:</p> <pre><code>$ git commit error: invalid object 100644 13da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e337f97b8114 for 'spec/routing/splits_routing_spec.rb' error: Error building trees </code></pre> <p>I tried so far:</p> <pre><code>$ git fsck |...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,881
git
# git commit stopped working - Error building trees I can not commit a change: ``` $ git commit error: invalid object 100644 13da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e337f97b8114 for 'spec/routing/splits_routing_spec.rb' error: Error building trees ``` I tried so far: ``` $ git fsck | grep 13da missing blob 13da9eeff5a9150cf213...
You might have a corrupted object in your git repository. If you have a remote, or other clones of this repository, you could grab from there the problematic file and just replace it on your local repo. The file you want would be in: ``` /repo/.git/objects/13/da9eeff5a9150cf2135aaed4d2e337f97b8114 ```
866218
How to rebase many branches (with the same base commit) at once?
79
2009-05-14 22:36:12
<p>I have a master branch in my project, that I use to pull changes from other people. From that, I usually have several topic branches on which I'm currently working.</p> <p>My question is: Is there a way for me to pull new changes into my master and then rebase ALL of my topic branches onto that at once?</p> <p>This ...
25,604
107,367
2022-09-14 04:14:35
866,353
23
2009-05-14 23:19:43
85,134
2009-05-14 23:19:43
https://stackoverflow.com/q/866218
https://stackoverflow.com/a/866353
<p>I'm fairly sure that there isn't a way to automatically do this. Remember that "git rebase master" can also drop you back to the shell needing you to resolve merge conflicts, so if you want to write a script to automate all this you need to take that into account.</p> <p>You can fairly easily track which branches n...
<p>I'm fairly sure that there isn't a way to automatically do this. Remember that "git rebase master" can also drop you back to the shell needing you to resolve merge conflicts, so if you want to write a script to automate all this you need to take that into account.</p> <p>You can fairly easily track which branches n...
119, 8974, 29934
git, git-rebase, rebase
<h1>How to rebase many branches (with the same base commit) at once?</h1> <p>I have a master branch in my project, that I use to pull changes from other people. From that, I usually have several topic branches on which I'm currently working.</p> <p>My question is: Is there a way for me to pull new changes into my maste...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,882
git
# How to rebase many branches (with the same base commit) at once? I have a master branch in my project, that I use to pull changes from other people. From that, I usually have several topic branches on which I'm currently working. My question is: Is there a way for me to pull new changes into my master and then reba...
I'm fairly sure that there isn't a way to automatically do this. Remember that "git rebase master" can also drop you back to the shell needing you to resolve merge conflicts, so if you want to write a script to automate all this you need to take that into account. You can fairly easily track which branches need updati...
4123077
Merge Git branch without commit log
62
2010-11-08 10:38:39
<p>Currently when I'm using Git, I create a branch for each job and make various commits before I'm finished. I then merge back with my master branch and push upstream. I'm likely to have several branches at any one time and also flick between them mid-job as things crop up.</p> <p>But most of these commits are just sa...
55,926
398,970
2023-10-18 05:16:11
4,123,102
23
2010-11-08 10:43:31
112,968
2023-10-18 05:16:11
https://stackoverflow.com/q/4123077
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4123102
<p>There is, but it is nonsense. Why do you want to do that? You'll lose all branch history and information.</p> <p>You could use <code>g</code>'s commit message for your merge commit and then browse history with the <code>--first-parent</code> option.</p> <p>If you really want to lose history from your branch use <cod...
<p>There is, but it is nonsense. Why do you want to do that? You'll lose all branch history and information.</p> <p>You could use <code>g</code>'s commit message for your merge commit and then browse history with the <code>--first-parent</code> option.</p> <p>If you really want to lose history from your branch use <cod...
119, 717
git, merge
<h1>Merge Git branch without commit log</h1> <p>Currently when I'm using Git, I create a branch for each job and make various commits before I'm finished. I then merge back with my master branch and push upstream. I'm likely to have several branches at any one time and also flick between them mid-job as things crop up....
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,884
git
# Merge Git branch without commit log Currently when I'm using Git, I create a branch for each job and make various commits before I'm finished. I then merge back with my master branch and push upstream. I'm likely to have several branches at any one time and also flick between them mid-job as things crop up. But mos...
There is, but it is nonsense. Why do you want to do that? You'll lose all branch history and information. You could use `g`'s commit message for your merge commit and then browse history with the `--first-parent` option. If you really want to lose history from your branch use `git merge --squash`, I do not recommend ...
16447690
Can't do a git pull
58
2013-05-08 18:28:40
<p>I'm trying to do a <strong>git pull</strong> and get the error message:</p> <pre><code>error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge: &lt;myFileName&gt; Please move or remove them before you can merge. </code></pre> <p>So, I try to remove the file using the command <strong>git rm ...
86,885
1,299,026
2016-01-29 11:15:19
16,447,786
23
2013-05-08 18:34:12
908,269
2013-05-08 18:34:12
https://stackoverflow.com/q/16447690
https://stackoverflow.com/a/16447786
<p>You have untracked files in the way of the pull. You can't remove them with <code>git rm --cached</code> because they are untracked. They don't appear in the index. You need to remove them with plain old <code>rm</code></p>
<p>You have untracked files in the way of the pull. You can't remove them with <code>git rm --cached</code> because they are untracked. They don't appear in the index. You need to remove them with plain old <code>rm</code></p>
119
git
<h1>Can't do a git pull</h1> <p>I'm trying to do a <strong>git pull</strong> and get the error message:</p> <pre><code>error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge: &lt;myFileName&gt; Please move or remove them before you can merge. </code></pre> <p>So, I try to remove the file usin...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,885
git
# Can't do a git pull I'm trying to do a **git pull** and get the error message: ``` error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge: <myFileName> Please move or remove them before you can merge. ``` So, I try to remove the file using the command **git rm --cache** which results in t...
You have untracked files in the way of the pull. You can't remove them with `git rm --cached` because they are untracked. They don't appear in the index. You need to remove them with plain old `rm`
36927956
How to do a forced-push to another branch in Git
51
2016-04-29 01:09:24
<p>Doing a forced push is done by:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git push origin +branch </code></pre> <p>Doing a push to a differently-named remote branch is done by:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git push origin local:remote </code></pre> <p>How does one do a forced pus...
57,557
2,319,794
2020-06-11 21:08:45
36,928,149
23
2016-04-29 01:35:52
1,256,452
2020-03-16 17:59:21
https://stackoverflow.com/q/36927956
https://stackoverflow.com/a/36928149
<p>Some people are not reading <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/36927977/1256452">Jeff Puckett's answer</a> first. Do that! This answer is about the use of the <code>+</code> force-push character, not about force-pushing in general.</p> <hr> <p>Just to be a bit more complete than the accepted answer: the syntax...
<p>Some people are not reading <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/36927977/1256452">Jeff Puckett's answer</a> first. Do that! This answer is about the use of the <code>+</code> force-push character, not about force-pushing in general.</p> <hr> <p>Just to be a bit more complete than the accepted answer: the syntax...
119
git
<h1>How to do a forced-push to another branch in Git</h1> <p>Doing a forced push is done by:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git push origin +branch </code></pre> <p>Doing a push to a differently-named remote branch is done by:</p> <pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>git push origin l...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,887
git
# How to do a forced-push to another branch in Git Doing a forced push is done by: ``` git push origin +branch ``` Doing a push to a differently-named remote branch is done by: ``` git push origin local:remote ``` How does one do a forced push to a differently-named remote branch? I tried: ``` git push origin lo...
Some people are not reading [Jeff Puckett's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/36927977/1256452) first. Do that! This answer is about the use of the `+` force-push character, not about force-pushing in general. --- Just to be a bit more complete than the accepted answer: the syntax for a refspec is `[+][src][:dst]`,...
56326940
How to get Git Tag in Azure Pipelines
45
2019-05-27 13:21:25
<p>In Azure Pipelines, I have enabled git tags to trigger pipelines like so:</p> <pre><code>trigger: branches: include: - '*' tags: include: - '*' </code></pre> <p>Now I want to know if there is a way to determine programmatically:</p> <ol> <li>Was the pipeline started from a git commit or git ta...
42,417
1,212,017
2023-01-11 16:14:52
57,277,526
23
2019-07-30 18:00:48
3,369,879
2019-12-03 23:25:32
https://stackoverflow.com/q/56326940
https://stackoverflow.com/a/57277526
<p>To check if the commit was from a tag, use:</p> <pre><code>startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/') </code></pre> <p>From James Thurley:</p> <blockquote> <p>Get the name of the tag with:</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>$tags = git tag --sort=-creatordate $tag = $tags[0] </code></pre> <blockquote...
<p>To check if the commit was from a tag, use:</p> <pre><code>startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/') </code></pre> <p>From James Thurley:</p> <blockquote> <p>Get the name of the tag with:</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>$tags = git tag --sort=-creatordate $tag = $tags[0] </code></pre> <blockquote...
119, 60718, 116537, 119596
azure-devops, azure-pipelines, git, git-tag
<h1>How to get Git Tag in Azure Pipelines</h1> <p>In Azure Pipelines, I have enabled git tags to trigger pipelines like so:</p> <pre><code>trigger: branches: include: - '*' tags: include: - '*' </code></pre> <p>Now I want to know if there is a way to determine programmatically:</p> <ol> <li>Was t...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,888
git
# How to get Git Tag in Azure Pipelines In Azure Pipelines, I have enabled git tags to trigger pipelines like so: ``` trigger: branches: include: - '*' tags: include: - '*' ``` Now I want to know if there is a way to determine programmatically: 1. Was the pipeline started from a git commit or gi...
To check if the commit was from a tag, use: ``` startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags/') ``` From James Thurley: > Get the name of the tag with: ``` $tags = git tag --sort=-creatordate $tag = $tags[0] ``` > This sorts the tags correctly for both annotated and unannotated tags, > and so the first r...
22388811
Show git diff, ignoring file permission changes?
44
2014-03-13 19:20:51
<p>I have run several <code>chmod</code> in my live server. Right now when I do a <code>git diff</code> there, I see lots of <code>old mode 100644 new mode 100755</code></p> <p>I have also changed some files there. But I would just git diff just to show the changes on the files, ignoring the file permissions changes.<...
24,672
1,196,150
2020-05-01 09:09:24
22,388,985
23
2014-03-13 19:29:16
1,083,286
2014-03-13 19:29:16
https://stackoverflow.com/q/22388811
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22388985
<p>This will tell git to ignore permissions:</p> <pre><code>git config core.filemode false </code></pre> <p>to filter them in result of <code>diff</code> but not ignore them</p> <pre><code>git filter-branch -f --tree-filter 'find * -type f | xargs chmod 644 ' -- --all </code></pre>
<p>This will tell git to ignore permissions:</p> <pre><code>git config core.filemode false </code></pre> <p>to filter them in result of <code>diff</code> but not ignore them</p> <pre><code>git filter-branch -f --tree-filter 'find * -type f | xargs chmod 644 ' -- --all </code></pre>
119, 606, 9033
diff, git, git-diff
<h1>Show git diff, ignoring file permission changes?</h1> <p>I have run several <code>chmod</code> in my live server. Right now when I do a <code>git diff</code> there, I see lots of <code>old mode 100644 new mode 100755</code></p> <p>I have also changed some files there. But I would just git diff just to show the cha...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,889
git
# Show git diff, ignoring file permission changes? I have run several `chmod` in my live server. Right now when I do a `git diff` there, I see lots of `old mode 100644 new mode 100755` I have also changed some files there. But I would just git diff just to show the changes on the files, ignoring the file permissions ...
This will tell git to ignore permissions: ``` git config core.filemode false ``` to filter them in result of `diff` but not ignore them ``` git filter-branch -f --tree-filter 'find * -type f | xargs chmod 644 ' -- --all ```
9815416
Preserve git --assume-unchanged files between branch checkouts
44
2012-03-22 01:54:08
<p>I've been using <code>git --assume-unchanged yacs/settings/development.py</code> to ignore my local database configuration file in my dev branch. But when I want to switch branches (for deployments), I get an error that I still have changes pending:</p> <pre><code>% git checkout production error: Your local changes...
13,600
138,122
2019-12-09 18:57:08
9,816,844
23
2012-03-22 05:18:51
6,309
2019-12-09 18:57:08
https://stackoverflow.com/q/9815416
https://stackoverflow.com/a/9816844
<p>You can try (<a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-update-index" rel="nofollow noreferrer">git update-index man page</a>):</p> <pre><code>git update-index --skip-worktree -- path </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading an entry, if it is marked as ski...
<p>You can try (<a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-update-index" rel="nofollow noreferrer">git update-index man page</a>):</p> <pre><code>git update-index --skip-worktree -- path </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading an entry, if it is marked as ski...
119
git
<h1>Preserve git --assume-unchanged files between branch checkouts</h1> <p>I've been using <code>git --assume-unchanged yacs/settings/development.py</code> to ignore my local database configuration file in my dev branch. But when I want to switch branches (for deployments), I get an error that I still have changes pend...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,890
git
# Preserve git --assume-unchanged files between branch checkouts I've been using `git --assume-unchanged yacs/settings/development.py` to ignore my local database configuration file in my dev branch. But when I want to switch branches (for deployments), I get an error that I still have changes pending: ``` % git chec...
You can try ([git update-index man page](http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-update-index)): ``` git update-index --skip-worktree -- path ``` > Skip-worktree bit can be defined in one (long) sentence: When reading an entry, if it is marked as skip-worktree, then Git pretends its working directory version is up to date and...
11005688
git status shows modifications even with autocrlf=false
43
2012-06-12 22:18:36
<p>I'm experiencing the same issues as in this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2016404/git-status-shows-modifications-git-checkout-file-doesnt-remove-them">git status shows modifications, git checkout -- &lt;file&gt; doesn&#39;t remove them</a></p> <p>Git continues to show working directory modi...
16,781
58,391
2023-05-10 22:24:25
15,161,420
23
2013-03-01 15:39:37
438,249
2015-09-11 18:14:25
https://stackoverflow.com/q/11005688
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15161420
<p>This seems like a bug in msysgit indeed. As a workaround, try creating a <a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html" rel="noreferrer">.gitattributes</a> file containing</p> <pre><code>* -text </code></pre> <p>This will tell git not to perform EOL conversions on any files.</p>
<p>This seems like a bug in msysgit indeed. As a workaround, try creating a <a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html" rel="noreferrer">.gitattributes</a> file containing</p> <pre><code>* -text </code></pre> <p>This will tell git not to perform EOL conversions on any files.</p>
119, 12309, 54839, 59139
core.autocrlf, git, git-status, revert
<h1>git status shows modifications even with autocrlf=false</h1> <p>I'm experiencing the same issues as in this question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2016404/git-status-shows-modifications-git-checkout-file-doesnt-remove-them">git status shows modifications, git checkout -- &lt;file&gt; doesn&#39;t rem...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,891
git
# git status shows modifications even with autocrlf=false I'm experiencing the same issues as in this question: [git status shows modifications, git checkout -- <file> doesn't remove them](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2016404/git-status-shows-modifications-git-checkout-file-doesnt-remove-them) Git continues to...
This seems like a bug in msysgit indeed. As a workaround, try creating a [.gitattributes](https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html) file containing ``` * -text ``` This will tell git not to perform EOL conversions on any files.
15072125
"git add" returning "fatal: outside repository" error
43
2013-02-25 16:54:54
<p>I'm just entering into the wonderful world of git. I have to submit a bunch of changes that I've made on my program, located in a directory called <code>/var/www/myapp</code>.</p> <p>I created a new directory <code>/home/mylogin/gitclone</code>. From this directory, I did a <code>git clone</code> against the publ...
125,581
1,078,009
2021-02-18 06:57:20
15,072,198
23
2013-02-25 16:57:55
1,977,626
2020-09-09 17:58:34
https://stackoverflow.com/q/15072125
https://stackoverflow.com/a/15072198
<p>First in the clone folder you can create a Branch (so the master stay untouched)</p> <pre><code>git branch [branch_name] </code></pre> <p>After, just copy the files you want from your old folder to the clone folder.</p> <p>When you are done, just add / commit your change and <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-B...
<p>First in the clone folder you can create a Branch (so the master stay untouched)</p> <pre><code>git branch [branch_name] </code></pre> <p>After, just copy the files you want from your old folder to the clone folder.</p> <p>When you are done, just add / commit your change and <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-B...
58, 119, 7330
git, linux, repository
<h1>"git add" returning "fatal: outside repository" error</h1> <p>I'm just entering into the wonderful world of git. I have to submit a bunch of changes that I've made on my program, located in a directory called <code>/var/www/myapp</code>.</p> <p>I created a new directory <code>/home/mylogin/gitclone</code>. From ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,892
git
# "git add" returning "fatal: outside repository" error I'm just entering into the wonderful world of git. I have to submit a bunch of changes that I've made on my program, located in a directory called `/var/www/myapp`. I created a new directory `/home/mylogin/gitclone`. From this directory, I did a `git clone` agai...
First in the clone folder you can create a Branch (so the master stay untouched) ``` git branch [branch_name] ``` After, just copy the files you want from your old folder to the clone folder. When you are done, just add / commit your change and [Merge your branch](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branc...
58522318
GIT error in Azure DEVOPS - SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain Pushing
42
2019-10-23 11:55:39
<p>When pushing a commit to Azure Devops I am getting this error.</p> <blockquote> <p>Error encountered while pushing to the remote repository: Git failed with a fatal error. unable to access 'https://xx@dev.azure.com/xx/Lulo/_git/LuloBackend/': SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain Push...
89,089
1,014,217
2023-10-05 04:32:11
58,536,752
23
2019-10-24 07:58:28
12,044,291
2019-10-24 07:58:28
https://stackoverflow.com/q/58522318
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58536752
<p>According to the error message, you can use <code>git config --global http.sslVerify false</code> to resolve the error.</p>
<p>According to the error message, you can use <code>git config --global http.sslVerify false</code> to resolve the error.</p>
119, 33953, 116537
azure-devops, git, visual-studio
<h1>GIT error in Azure DEVOPS - SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain Pushing</h1> <p>When pushing a commit to Azure Devops I am getting this error.</p> <blockquote> <p>Error encountered while pushing to the remote repository: Git failed with a fatal error. unable to access 'https://xx@d...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,893
git
# GIT error in Azure DEVOPS - SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain Pushing When pushing a commit to Azure Devops I am getting this error. > Error encountered while pushing to the remote repository: Git failed > with a fatal error. unable to access > 'https://xx@dev.azure.com/xx/Lulo/_...
According to the error message, you can use `git config --global http.sslVerify false` to resolve the error.
9870632
How do I configure Git in Xcode to work with BitBucket
39
2012-03-26 10:39:44
<p>I have a project which I have been on for ages which is not connected to any source code repository.</p> <p>I want to start using BitBucket now, however I am not sure how to go about it. I have created a project in BitBucket.</p> <p>Should I now clone and check out in Xcode or should I add a repository in xcode. ...
65,706
351,126
2021-11-01 12:32:05
48,065,931
23
2018-01-02 18:24:25
6,136,287
2018-01-02 18:24:25
https://stackoverflow.com/q/9870632
https://stackoverflow.com/a/48065931
<p>As of 2017, xCode now automatically creates repositories for new projects. To push to a new BitBucket repo, go to 'Source Control' > 'Commit...' in xCode and make your first local commit.</p> <p>Next open a terminal and navigate to to the top-level directory of your project. If you <code>ls -a</code> in here you sh...
<p>As of 2017, xCode now automatically creates repositories for new projects. To push to a new BitBucket repo, go to 'Source Control' > 'Commit...' in xCode and make your first local commit.</p> <p>Next open a terminal and navigate to to the top-level directory of your project. If you <code>ls -a</code> in here you sh...
119, 154, 908, 8337
bitbucket, git, iphone, xcode
<h1>How do I configure Git in Xcode to work with BitBucket</h1> <p>I have a project which I have been on for ages which is not connected to any source code repository.</p> <p>I want to start using BitBucket now, however I am not sure how to go about it. I have created a project in BitBucket.</p> <p>Should I now clon...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,895
git
# How do I configure Git in Xcode to work with BitBucket I have a project which I have been on for ages which is not connected to any source code repository. I want to start using BitBucket now, however I am not sure how to go about it. I have created a project in BitBucket. Should I now clone and check out in Xcode...
As of 2017, xCode now automatically creates repositories for new projects. To push to a new BitBucket repo, go to 'Source Control' > 'Commit...' in xCode and make your first local commit. Next open a terminal and navigate to to the top-level directory of your project. If you `ls -a` in here you should see the `.git/` ...
5012086
Does git support wildcards in paths?
39
2011-02-16 03:01:49
<p>I have looked, searched, and read documentation and can't really find anything about this.</p> <p>Basically, I want to be able to do this:</p> <pre><code>git reset -- *.exe </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>git reset -- */some_executable.exe </code></pre> <p>Instead of this:</p> <pre><code>git reset -- some/v...
37,603
295,901
2024-09-25 14:45:03
5,012,124
23
2011-02-16 03:10:14
2,726
2011-02-16 03:10:14
https://stackoverflow.com/q/5012086
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5012124
<p>Git does support some pathspec globbing, but you need to be careful to shell-escape the characters so they aren't interpreted by in your case, msys bash, which doesn't support more sophisticated wildcard expansion.</p> <p>EDIT: Also, for your reset example, you can just pass the directory as an argument to git rese...
<p>Git does support some pathspec globbing, but you need to be careful to shell-escape the characters so they aren't interpreted by in your case, msys bash, which doesn't support more sophisticated wildcard expansion.</p> <p>EDIT: Also, for your reset example, you can just pass the directory as an argument to git rese...
119, 21628
git, msysgit
<h1>Does git support wildcards in paths?</h1> <p>I have looked, searched, and read documentation and can't really find anything about this.</p> <p>Basically, I want to be able to do this:</p> <pre><code>git reset -- *.exe </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>git reset -- */some_executable.exe </code></pre> <p>Instea...
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19,896
git
# Does git support wildcards in paths? I have looked, searched, and read documentation and can't really find anything about this. Basically, I want to be able to do this: ``` git reset -- *.exe ``` or ``` git reset -- */some_executable.exe ``` Instead of this: ``` git reset -- some/very/long/path/some_executable...
Git does support some pathspec globbing, but you need to be careful to shell-escape the characters so they aren't interpreted by in your case, msys bash, which doesn't support more sophisticated wildcard expansion. EDIT: Also, for your reset example, you can just pass the directory as an argument to git reset and git ...
49715421
Does the order of Git merging matter?
36
2018-04-08 07:13:46
<p>Suppose I have two branches, <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>. Do the following properties hold?</p> <ul> <li>Merging <code>A</code> into <code>B</code> conflicts if and only if merging <code>B</code> into <code>A</code> conflicts.</li> <li>The contents of my files after merging <code>A</code> into <code>B</code>...
10,476
997,606
2018-04-10 00:25:20
49,721,107
23
2018-04-08 18:10:59
1,256,452
2018-04-08 19:59:14
https://stackoverflow.com/q/49715421
https://stackoverflow.com/a/49721107
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/49716037/1256452">cmaster's answer</a> is correct, with caveats. Let's start by noting these items / assumptions:</p> <ul> <li>There is always a single merge base commit. Let's call this commit <em>B</em>, for base.</li> <li>The other two inputs are also single commits. Let's...
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/49716037/1256452">cmaster's answer</a> is correct, with caveats. Let's start by noting these items / assumptions:</p> <ul> <li>There is always a single merge base commit. Let's call this commit <em>B</em>, for base.</li> <li>The other two inputs are also single commits. Let's...
119, 28897
git, git-merge
<h1>Does the order of Git merging matter?</h1> <p>Suppose I have two branches, <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>. Do the following properties hold?</p> <ul> <li>Merging <code>A</code> into <code>B</code> conflicts if and only if merging <code>B</code> into <code>A</code> conflicts.</li> <li>The contents of my files a...
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19,898
git
# Does the order of Git merging matter? Suppose I have two branches, `A` and `B`. Do the following properties hold? - Merging `A` into `B` conflicts if and only if merging `B` into `A` conflicts. - The contents of my files after merging `A` into `B` is the same as the contents of my files after merging `B` into `A`.
[cmaster's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/49716037/1256452) is correct, with caveats. Let's start by noting these items / assumptions: - There is always a single merge base commit. Let's call this commit *B*, for base. - The other two inputs are also single commits. Let's call them *L* for left / local (`--ours`)...
24966271
Why doesn't `git diff` invoke external diff tool?
35
2014-07-26 00:17:56
<p>In my repository, if I type</p> <pre><code>$ git diff some-file </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>$ git difftool some-file </code></pre> <p>I get the in-terminal diff display. I think this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool, as shown by the output of <code>git config -l</code>:</p> ...
21,301
2,665,591
2021-08-04 17:59:10
24,967,334
23
2014-07-26 03:45:21
6,309
2021-08-04 17:59:10
https://stackoverflow.com/q/24966271
https://stackoverflow.com/a/24967334
<blockquote> <p>I get the in-terminal diff display. I this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes, it should: diff.external <em>is</em> for &quot;in-terminal diff display&quot;.</p> <p>(from <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config/2.0.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><co...
<blockquote> <p>I get the in-terminal diff display. I this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes, it should: diff.external <em>is</em> for &quot;in-terminal diff display&quot;.</p> <p>(from <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config/2.0.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><co...
119, 606, 13630
diff, git, meld
<h1>Why doesn't `git diff` invoke external diff tool?</h1> <p>In my repository, if I type</p> <pre><code>$ git diff some-file </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>$ git difftool some-file </code></pre> <p>I get the in-terminal diff display. I think this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool, ...
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19,899
git
# Why doesn't `git diff` invoke external diff tool? In my repository, if I type ``` $ git diff some-file ``` or ``` $ git difftool some-file ``` I get the in-terminal diff display. I think this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool, as shown by the output of `git config -l`: ``` $ git con...
> I get the in-terminal diff display. I this should not happen, because I have set up an external diff tool Yes, it should: diff.external *is* for "in-terminal diff display". (from [`git config` man page](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config/2.0.0)) ``` diff.external ``` > If this config variable is set, **diff gener...
52256490
Package Manager vs. Git Submodule/Subtree
33
2018-09-10 11:07:43
<p>Are there any reasons to use a package manager rather than git submodules/subtrees, or vice versa? The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager.</p> <p>Assume that the space-saving benefit of git submodules is not important.</p>
15,281
8,076,767
2023-08-02 11:24:43
53,894,550
23
2018-12-22 09:37:09
6,309
2020-05-10 16:42:00
https://stackoverflow.com/q/52256490
https://stackoverflow.com/a/53894550
<blockquote> <p>The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is not about <em>hassle</em>.</p> <p>This is about two different ways to build a project:</p> <ol> <li>through binary dependencies, with a package manager (<a href="https://www.sonatype.com/nexus...
<blockquote> <p>The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is not about <em>hassle</em>.</p> <p>This is about two different ways to build a project:</p> <ol> <li>through binary dependencies, with a package manager (<a href="https://www.sonatype.com/nexus...
119, 8335, 24170, 41612, 68200
dependency-management, git, git-submodules, git-subtree, package-managers
<h1>Package Manager vs. Git Submodule/Subtree</h1> <p>Are there any reasons to use a package manager rather than git submodules/subtrees, or vice versa? The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager.</p> <p>Assume that the space-saving benefit of git submodules is not important.</p>
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,900
git
# Package Manager vs. Git Submodule/Subtree Are there any reasons to use a package manager rather than git submodules/subtrees, or vice versa? The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager. Assume that the space-saving benefit of git submodules is not important.
> The git solutions seem to be a lot more hassle than a simple package manager. This is not about *hassle*. This is about two different ways to build a project: 1. through binary dependencies, with a package manager ([Nexus](https://www.sonatype.com/nexus-repository-sonatype), or [Conan for C++](https://conan.io/): ...
8333870
Is there an advantage to using --no-metadata in git svn clone?
32
2011-11-30 22:27:34
<p>I'm doing a one-way convert from an SVN repository to a Git repository using <code>git svn clone</code>. Most examples do this with the <code>--no-metadata</code> flag - is there an advantage to using this flag?</p> <p>I understand that the flag removes the SVN revision numbers. I can think of reasons why it may ...
14,582
546,561
2015-07-30 13:13:38
31,724,831
23
2015-07-30 13:13:38
42,473
2015-07-30 13:13:38
https://stackoverflow.com/q/8333870
https://stackoverflow.com/a/31724831
<p>One argument for using <code>--no-metadata</code> is that it doesn't change your commit messages. So even if you fetch from different locations, the commit messages will be the same and thus the commit hashes will be the same.</p> <p>As an example, if I <code>git svn init</code> a repo from a local <code>file:</cod...
<p>One argument for using <code>--no-metadata</code> is that it doesn't change your commit messages. So even if you fetch from different locations, the commit messages will be the same and thus the commit hashes will be the same.</p> <p>As an example, if I <code>git svn init</code> a repo from a local <code>file:</cod...
63, 119, 456, 6452
git, git-svn, svn, version-control
<h1>Is there an advantage to using --no-metadata in git svn clone?</h1> <p>I'm doing a one-way convert from an SVN repository to a Git repository using <code>git svn clone</code>. Most examples do this with the <code>--no-metadata</code> flag - is there an advantage to using this flag?</p> <p>I understand that the fl...
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19,902
git
# Is there an advantage to using --no-metadata in git svn clone? I'm doing a one-way convert from an SVN repository to a Git repository using `git svn clone`. Most examples do this with the `--no-metadata` flag - is there an advantage to using this flag? I understand that the flag removes the SVN revision numbers. I ...
One argument for using `--no-metadata` is that it doesn't change your commit messages. So even if you fetch from different locations, the commit messages will be the same and thus the commit hashes will be the same. As an example, if I `git svn init` a repo from a local `file:` URL and later pull from an `https:` URL,...
1685228
How to "cat" a file in JGit?
31
2009-11-06 03:28:38
<p>A while back I was looking for an <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/177469/embeddable-distributed-version-control-system-in-java">embeddable distributed version control system in Java</a>, and I think I have found it in <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/egit/" rel="noreferrer">JGit</a>, which is a pure Java...
15,706
14,955
2020-04-03 03:59:23
7,427,658
23
2011-09-15 08:05:41
412,409
2012-07-04 17:58:34
https://stackoverflow.com/q/1685228
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7427658
<p>Unfortunately Thilo's answer does not work with the latest JGit API. Here is the solution I found:</p> <pre><code>File repoDir = new File("test-git"); // open the repository Repository repository = new Repository(repoDir); // find the HEAD ObjectId lastCommitId = repository.resolve(Constants.HEAD); // now we have t...
<p>Unfortunately Thilo's answer does not work with the latest JGit API. Here is the solution I found:</p> <pre><code>File repoDir = new File("test-git"); // open the repository Repository repository = new Repository(repoDir); // find the HEAD ObjectId lastCommitId = repository.resolve(Constants.HEAD); // now we have t...
17, 119, 61058
git, java, jgit
<h1>How to "cat" a file in JGit?</h1> <p>A while back I was looking for an <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/177469/embeddable-distributed-version-control-system-in-java">embeddable distributed version control system in Java</a>, and I think I have found it in <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/egit/" rel="nore...
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19,904
git
# How to "cat" a file in JGit? A while back I was looking for an [embeddable distributed version control system in Java](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/177469/embeddable-distributed-version-control-system-in-java), and I think I have found it in [JGit](http://www.eclipse.org/egit/), which is a pure Java implement...
Unfortunately Thilo's answer does not work with the latest JGit API. Here is the solution I found: ``` File repoDir = new File("test-git"); // open the repository Repository repository = new Repository(repoDir); // find the HEAD ObjectId lastCommitId = repository.resolve(Constants.HEAD); // now we have to get the comm...
3553270
How to config git to pull from http and push through ssh in one 'remote'?
31
2010-08-24 02:59:13
<p>Pulling from http to escape authentication(so I don't need to type password if I'm not using ssh.keygen).</p> <p>Pushing through ssh with authentication.</p>
13,511
398,646
2022-04-22 19:35:39
3,553,289
23
2010-08-24 03:05:21
148,870
2010-08-24 03:05:21
https://stackoverflow.com/q/3553270
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3553289
<p>From the <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config" rel="noreferrer"><code>git-config</code> man page</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>remote.&lt;name&gt;.url</code> The URL of a remote repository. See git-fetch(1) or git-push(1).</p> <p><code>remote.&lt;name&gt;.pushurl</code> The push URL of a remote...
<p>From the <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config" rel="noreferrer"><code>git-config</code> man page</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>remote.&lt;name&gt;.url</code> The URL of a remote repository. See git-fetch(1) or git-push(1).</p> <p><code>remote.&lt;name&gt;.pushurl</code> The push URL of a remote...
119, 183, 28896, 28898
authentication, git, git-pull, git-push
<h1>How to config git to pull from http and push through ssh in one 'remote'?</h1> <p>Pulling from http to escape authentication(so I don't need to type password if I'm not using ssh.keygen).</p> <p>Pushing through ssh with authentication.</p>
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19,905
git
# How to config git to pull from http and push through ssh in one 'remote'? Pulling from http to escape authentication(so I don't need to type password if I'm not using ssh.keygen). Pushing through ssh with authentication.
From the [`git-config` man page](http://git-scm.com/docs/git-config): > `remote.<name>.url` The URL of a remote > repository. See git-fetch(1) or > git-push(1). > > `remote.<name>.pushurl` The push URL of > a remote repository. See git-push(1). Try setting the former to an `http:` url and the latter to a `git+ssh:` (...
8382212
How to create a branch in a bare repository in Git
30
2011-12-05 07:33:15
<p>I current have a bare repo thats acts as a central repo for my team. The bare repo currently only have a branch "master". How can I create more branches on the bare repo? </p>
27,015
1,081,105
2019-08-05 01:36:30
8,382,243
23
2011-12-05 07:36:54
421,223
2011-12-05 18:36:48
https://stackoverflow.com/q/8382212
https://stackoverflow.com/a/8382243
<p>Usually you don't create branches directly in the bare repository, but you push branches from one work repository to the bare</p> <pre><code>git push origin myBranch </code></pre> <p>Update: Worth to mention</p> <p>Like Paul Pladijs mentioned in the comments with</p> <pre><code>git push origin localBranchName:re...
<p>Usually you don't create branches directly in the bare repository, but you push branches from one work repository to the bare</p> <pre><code>git push origin myBranch </code></pre> <p>Update: Worth to mention</p> <p>Like Paul Pladijs mentioned in the comments with</p> <pre><code>git push origin localBranchName:re...
119
git
<h1>How to create a branch in a bare repository in Git</h1> <p>I current have a bare repo thats acts as a central repo for my team. The bare repo currently only have a branch "master". How can I create more branches on the bare repo? </p>
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19,907
git
# How to create a branch in a bare repository in Git I current have a bare repo thats acts as a central repo for my team. The bare repo currently only have a branch "master". How can I create more branches on the bare repo?
Usually you don't create branches directly in the bare repository, but you push branches from one work repository to the bare ``` git push origin myBranch ``` Update: Worth to mention Like Paul Pladijs mentioned in the comments with ``` git push origin localBranchName:remoteBranchName ``` you push (and create, if ...
2082296
How do patches work in Git?
30
2010-01-17 19:30:35
<p>I'm new to Git, but familiar with SVN. As a test I made a repository in a local directory with <code>git init</code>. Then I cloned the empty repository (over SSH using 127.0.0.1, which is another thing I wanted to test) to another local directory. I added some files in repository 2, I did <code>git add *</code> and...
20,763
217,649
2022-05-26 15:59:02
2,082,307
23
2010-01-17 19:33:54
82,865
2010-01-17 19:33:54
https://stackoverflow.com/q/2082296
https://stackoverflow.com/a/2082307
<p>Create your patch via:</p> <pre><code>$ git format-patch master --stdout &gt; patch.diff </code></pre> <p>then patch.diff will contain the diff, which you can then send to someone else to apply using:</p> <pre><code>$ git am &lt; patch.diff </code></pre> <p>Sometimes, when the manuals are a little dense, it make...
<p>Create your patch via:</p> <pre><code>$ git format-patch master --stdout &gt; patch.diff </code></pre> <p>then patch.diff will contain the diff, which you can then send to someone else to apply using:</p> <pre><code>$ git am &lt; patch.diff </code></pre> <p>Sometimes, when the manuals are a little dense, it make...
119, 2132
git, patch
<h1>How do patches work in Git?</h1> <p>I'm new to Git, but familiar with SVN. As a test I made a repository in a local directory with <code>git init</code>. Then I cloned the empty repository (over SSH using 127.0.0.1, which is another thing I wanted to test) to another local directory. I added some files in repositor...
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19,908
git
# How do patches work in Git? I'm new to Git, but familiar with SVN. As a test I made a repository in a local directory with `git init`. Then I cloned the empty repository (over SSH using 127.0.0.1, which is another thing I wanted to test) to another local directory. I added some files in repository 2, I did `git add ...
Create your patch via: ``` $ git format-patch master --stdout > patch.diff ``` then patch.diff will contain the diff, which you can then send to someone else to apply using: ``` $ git am < patch.diff ``` Sometimes, when the manuals are a little dense, it makes sense to look for a tutorial: <http://luhman.org/blog/...
26049272
Git won't add modified file
29
2014-09-25 22:36:30
<p>No idea why this is happening:</p> <pre><code>git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;..." to discard changes in working directory) (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in subm...
45,232
2,069,715
2022-10-13 11:23:44
26,051,233
23
2014-09-26 02:40:04
4,049,331
2014-09-26 09:01:29
https://stackoverflow.com/q/26049272
https://stackoverflow.com/a/26051233
<p>I think maybe Jubobs' comment is correct. Is your "file" a submodule?</p> <p>This line <em>(commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)</em> should not appear for normal files.</p> <p>Here is what I get from git status:</p> <pre><code>$ git status On branch master Changes not staged for com...
<p>I think maybe Jubobs' comment is correct. Is your "file" a submodule?</p> <p>This line <em>(commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)</em> should not appear for normal files.</p> <p>Here is what I get from git status:</p> <pre><code>$ git status On branch master Changes not staged for com...
119, 34792
git, git-add
<h1>Git won't add modified file</h1> <p>No idea why this is happening:</p> <pre><code>git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add &lt;file&gt;..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;..." to discard changes in working directory) (commit or discard the ...
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19,909
git
# Git won't add modified file No idea why this is happening: ``` git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) (commit or discard the untracked or modified content in...
I think maybe Jubobs' comment is correct. Is your "file" a submodule? This line *(commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)* should not appear for normal files. Here is what I get from git status: ``` $ git status On branch master Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to ...
7301289
Conflicts in Gemfile.lock while rebasing
29
2011-09-04 18:28:30
<p>What strategies do people have for resolving Gemfile.lock conflicts while rebasing in Git?</p> <p>I am having to do this a lot in a recent project, and not only is it tedious, it's not always clear how to do the merge.</p>
5,913
261,184
2014-01-17 20:20:15
7,301,359
23
2011-09-04 18:39:52
6,309
2013-01-14 07:42:00
https://stackoverflow.com/q/7301289
https://stackoverflow.com/a/7301359
<p>you could relock it on every merge, through a <strong>merge driver</strong> (that I usually use to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/928646/how-do-i-tell-git-to-always-select-my-local-version-for-conflicted-merges-on-a-sp">always keep the local version of a file during a merge</a>).</p> <p>See &quot;<a hr...
<p>you could relock it on every merge, through a <strong>merge driver</strong> (that I usually use to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/928646/how-do-i-tell-git-to-always-select-my-local-version-for-conflicted-merges-on-a-sp">always keep the local version of a file during a merge</a>).</p> <p>See &quot;<a hr...
119, 3146, 8974, 43112, 64108
bundler, conflict, git, rebase, ruby-on-rails-3
<h1>Conflicts in Gemfile.lock while rebasing</h1> <p>What strategies do people have for resolving Gemfile.lock conflicts while rebasing in Git?</p> <p>I am having to do this a lot in a recent project, and not only is it tedious, it's not always clear how to do the merge.</p>
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19,910
git
# Conflicts in Gemfile.lock while rebasing What strategies do people have for resolving Gemfile.lock conflicts while rebasing in Git? I am having to do this a lot in a recent project, and not only is it tedious, it's not always clear how to do the merge.
you could relock it on every merge, through a **merge driver** (that I usually use to [always keep the local version of a file during a merge](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/928646/how-do-i-tell-git-to-always-select-my-local-version-for-conflicted-merges-on-a-sp)). See "[Auto Merge Gemfile.lock](http://bitfission...
3953497
What's the best way to have a "temporary" commit in git?
28
2010-10-17 13:54:18
<p>Say I have a project with two branches master and dev. I have a bunch of commits on dev for a special event which once tested are merged into master. Then after the event is over I want to remove the event specific code. However a git reset won't do since other commits have been made since the event code was added.<...
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268,366
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3,953,521
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2010-10-17 13:58:37
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2010-10-17 13:58:37
https://stackoverflow.com/q/3953497
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3953521
<p>Take master and create a branch: <code>git checkout -b special-event</code>, make/apply your changes. Once the event is over, simply switch back to master and abandon/delete the branch.</p> <p>In order to continue making changes, make them on master and merge them into the special branch as you go. <code>git checko...
<p>Take master and create a branch: <code>git checkout -b special-event</code>, make/apply your changes. Once the event is over, simply switch back to master and abandon/delete the branch.</p> <p>In order to continue making changes, make them on master and merge them into the special branch as you go. <code>git checko...
119, 6710
git, temporary
<h1>What's the best way to have a "temporary" commit in git?</h1> <p>Say I have a project with two branches master and dev. I have a bunch of commits on dev for a special event which once tested are merged into master. Then after the event is over I want to remove the event specific code. However a git reset won't do s...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,912
git
# What's the best way to have a "temporary" commit in git? Say I have a project with two branches master and dev. I have a bunch of commits on dev for a special event which once tested are merged into master. Then after the event is over I want to remove the event specific code. However a git reset won't do since othe...
Take master and create a branch: `git checkout -b special-event`, make/apply your changes. Once the event is over, simply switch back to master and abandon/delete the branch. In order to continue making changes, make them on master and merge them into the special branch as you go. `git checkout master` ... make change...
48652545
Setting credentials for https git clone in AWS CodeBuild
27
2018-02-06 21:49:30
<p>I am running a CodeBuild on a project that has private requirements stored in CodeCommit.</p> <p>I need to add a command in <code>buildspec.yml</code> that loads the https git credentials so <code>git clone</code> works when CodeBuild runs <code>pip install</code>. </p> <p>The build fails with <code>fatal: could n...
23,969
6,946,673
2022-02-07 14:01:38
48,653,554
23
2018-02-06 23:21:16
5,095,975
2018-08-09 16:21:32
https://stackoverflow.com/q/48652545
https://stackoverflow.com/a/48653554
<p>Since the CodeBuild environment uses an IAM role for credentials (not a username and password), you will need to configure the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/setting-up-https-unixes.html#setting-up-https-unixes-credential-helper" rel="noreferrer">CodeCommit credential helper</a> in ...
<p>Since the CodeBuild environment uses an IAM role for credentials (not a username and password), you will need to configure the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/setting-up-https-unixes.html#setting-up-https-unixes-credential-helper" rel="noreferrer">CodeCommit credential helper</a> in ...
119, 32868, 33388, 123484
amazon-web-services, aws-codebuild, git, git-config
<h1>Setting credentials for https git clone in AWS CodeBuild</h1> <p>I am running a CodeBuild on a project that has private requirements stored in CodeCommit.</p> <p>I need to add a command in <code>buildspec.yml</code> that loads the https git credentials so <code>git clone</code> works when CodeBuild runs <code>pip ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,914
git
# Setting credentials for https git clone in AWS CodeBuild I am running a CodeBuild on a project that has private requirements stored in CodeCommit. I need to add a command in `buildspec.yml` that loads the https git credentials so `git clone` works when CodeBuild runs `pip install`. The build fails with `fatal: cou...
Since the CodeBuild environment uses an IAM role for credentials (not a username and password), you will need to configure the [CodeCommit credential helper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/setting-up-https-unixes.html#setting-up-https-unixes-credential-helper) in your buildspec: ``` phases: ...
10200307
How to git fetch and checkout without creating a remote branch locally?
27
2012-04-17 22:46:25
<p>Use Case: I have some repo on GitHub, someone forked it and added new feature and initiated pull request. I can't automatically merge it because there are some minor problems I would like to fix first. </p> <p>It's one-time activity I'll never need this remote repository, so I don't want to create local <code>remo...
8,365
231,624
2019-08-28 13:44:50
10,200,358
23
2012-04-17 22:52:12
184,050
2018-04-05 19:23:53
https://stackoverflow.com/q/10200307
https://stackoverflow.com/a/10200358
<p>You want to use <code>FETCH_HEAD</code>.</p> <p>whenever you run <code>git fetch ...</code> a magic reference called <code>FETCH_HEAD</code> is created.</p> <p>Try for example:</p> <pre><code>git fetch git://github.com/xxx/xxx.git branch_name &amp;&amp; git merge FETCH_HEAD </code></pre>
<p>You want to use <code>FETCH_HEAD</code>.</p> <p>whenever you run <code>git fetch ...</code> a magic reference called <code>FETCH_HEAD</code> is created.</p> <p>Try for example:</p> <pre><code>git fetch git://github.com/xxx/xxx.git branch_name &amp;&amp; git merge FETCH_HEAD </code></pre>
119, 717, 4860, 33720, 37230
git, git-checkout, git-fetch, merge, pull
<h1>How to git fetch and checkout without creating a remote branch locally?</h1> <p>Use Case: I have some repo on GitHub, someone forked it and added new feature and initiated pull request. I can't automatically merge it because there are some minor problems I would like to fix first. </p> <p>It's one-time activity I...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,916
git
# How to git fetch and checkout without creating a remote branch locally? Use Case: I have some repo on GitHub, someone forked it and added new feature and initiated pull request. I can't automatically merge it because there are some minor problems I would like to fix first. It's one-time activity I'll never need thi...
You want to use `FETCH_HEAD`. whenever you run `git fetch ...` a magic reference called `FETCH_HEAD` is created. Try for example: ``` git fetch git://github.com/xxx/xxx.git branch_name && git merge FETCH_HEAD ```
2003491
How to commit one file at a time using Git?
27
2010-01-05 01:08:17
<p>Say there are several files modified and I just want one files committed each time. How to do that? Given an example with status looks like below. Thanks!!</p> <p>Ex:</p> <pre><code>&gt; git status # modified: file01.txt # modified: file02.txt # modified: file03.txt # modified: file04.txt # modified: fil...
31,744
207,419
2013-08-08 09:49:52
2,003,518
23
2010-01-05 01:14:55
229,761
2010-01-05 01:14:55
https://stackoverflow.com/q/2003491
https://stackoverflow.com/a/2003518
<p>There are a few ways, but the simplest is probably:</p> <pre><code>git commit file01.txt git commit file02.txt ... </code></pre> <p>Any paths you list after the commit command will be committed regardless of whether they're staged to be committed. Alternatively, you can stage each one, and then commit:</p> <pre><...
<p>There are a few ways, but the simplest is probably:</p> <pre><code>git commit file01.txt git commit file02.txt ... </code></pre> <p>Any paths you list after the commit command will be committed regardless of whether they're staged to be committed. Alternatively, you can stage each one, and then commit:</p> <pre><...
119
git
<h1>How to commit one file at a time using Git?</h1> <p>Say there are several files modified and I just want one files committed each time. How to do that? Given an example with status looks like below. Thanks!!</p> <p>Ex:</p> <pre><code>&gt; git status # modified: file01.txt # modified: file02.txt # modified: ...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,917
git
# How to commit one file at a time using Git? Say there are several files modified and I just want one files committed each time. How to do that? Given an example with status looks like below. Thanks!! Ex: ``` > git status # modified: file01.txt # modified: file02.txt # modified: file03.txt # modified: file0...
There are a few ways, but the simplest is probably: ``` git commit file01.txt git commit file02.txt ... ``` Any paths you list after the commit command will be committed regardless of whether they're staged to be committed. Alternatively, you can stage each one, and then commit: ``` git add file01.txt git commit gi...
50332885
How do I install and use gpg-agent on Windows?
26
2018-05-14 14:32:56
<p>I'm trying to start signing Git commits. I setup a GPG key with keybase.io and have it synced on my local machine and on my Git server. Now, I'm trying to solve the problem of typing the key passphrase on <em>every single commit</em>.</p> <pre><code>PS&gt; git commit -m "testing" --allow-empty You need a passphras...
34,998
3,619
2021-03-27 05:00:15
50,412,924
23
2018-05-18 13:55:34
3,619
2018-05-18 15:33:29
https://stackoverflow.com/q/50332885
https://stackoverflow.com/a/50412924
<p>I needed to inform <code>git</code> of the gpg program that I've installed, which itself knows about the gpg-agent that it should use.</p> <pre><code>PS&gt; git config --global gpg.program $(Resolve-Path (Get-Command gpg | Select-Object -Expand Source) | Select-Object -Expand Path) </code></pre> <p>After setting t...
<p>I needed to inform <code>git</code> of the gpg program that I've installed, which itself knows about the gpg-agent that it should use.</p> <pre><code>PS&gt; git config --global gpg.program $(Resolve-Path (Get-Command gpg | Select-Object -Expand Source) | Select-Object -Expand Path) </code></pre> <p>After setting t...
64, 119, 6735, 124001
git, gnupg, gpg-agent, windows
<h1>How do I install and use gpg-agent on Windows?</h1> <p>I'm trying to start signing Git commits. I setup a GPG key with keybase.io and have it synced on my local machine and on my Git server. Now, I'm trying to solve the problem of typing the key passphrase on <em>every single commit</em>.</p> <pre><code>PS&gt; git...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,918
git
# How do I install and use gpg-agent on Windows? I'm trying to start signing Git commits. I setup a GPG key with keybase.io and have it synced on my local machine and on my Git server. Now, I'm trying to solve the problem of typing the key passphrase on *every single commit*. ``` PS> git commit -m "testing" --allow-e...
I needed to inform `git` of the gpg program that I've installed, which itself knows about the gpg-agent that it should use. ``` PS> git config --global gpg.program $(Resolve-Path (Get-Command gpg | Select-Object -Expand Source) | Select-Object -Expand Path) ``` After setting this configuration, the "PIN Entry" dialog...
21054148
Why does git checkout with explicit refs/heads/branch give detached HEAD?
26
2014-01-10 20:48:38
<p>If I checkout a branch using just the branch name, <code>HEAD</code> is updated to point at that branch.</p> <pre><code>$ git checkout branch Switched to branch 'branch' </code></pre> <p>If I checkout a branch by using <code>refs/heads/branch</code> or <code>heads/branch</code>, <code>HEAD</code> becomes detached....
16,391
2,449,192
2020-06-30 20:46:06
21,055,585
23
2014-01-10 22:24:43
1,256,452
2020-06-30 20:46:06
https://stackoverflow.com/q/21054148
https://stackoverflow.com/a/21055585
<p>The <code>checkout</code> command distinguishes between two cases (well, actually &quot;many&quot;, but let's start with just the two :-) ):</p> <ul> <li>&quot;I want to β€˜get on a branch’; here's a branch name&quot;: e.g., <code>git checkout branch</code>.</li> <li>&quot;I want to look at some particular revision, a...
<p>The <code>checkout</code> command distinguishes between two cases (well, actually &quot;many&quot;, but let's start with just the two :-) ):</p> <ul> <li>&quot;I want to β€˜get on a branch’; here's a branch name&quot;: e.g., <code>git checkout branch</code>.</li> <li>&quot;I want to look at some particular revision, a...
119, 37230
git, git-checkout
<h1>Why does git checkout with explicit refs/heads/branch give detached HEAD?</h1> <p>If I checkout a branch using just the branch name, <code>HEAD</code> is updated to point at that branch.</p> <pre><code>$ git checkout branch Switched to branch 'branch' </code></pre> <p>If I checkout a branch by using <code>refs/he...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,919
git
# Why does git checkout with explicit refs/heads/branch give detached HEAD? If I checkout a branch using just the branch name, `HEAD` is updated to point at that branch. ``` $ git checkout branch Switched to branch 'branch' ``` If I checkout a branch by using `refs/heads/branch` or `heads/branch`, `HEAD` becomes det...
The `checkout` command distinguishes between two cases (well, actually "many", but let's start with just the two :-) ): - "I want to β€˜get on a branch’; here's a branch name": e.g., `git checkout branch`. - "I want to look at some particular revision, and get *off* any branch; here's a branch-identifier that is not a b...
36876512
How can I fix a Git error broken link from tree to tree?
25
2016-04-26 21:56:30
<p>I got a transaction interrupted and when I try again I was having error with objects that were empty or corrupted, following another question I delete all the empty files and when I run</p> <pre><code>git fsck --full </code></pre> <p>I got this error:</p> <pre><code>Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done....
46,013
1,887,967
2024-03-29 14:23:54
38,598,015
23
2016-07-26 19:07:06
6,309
2024-03-12 19:34:44
https://stackoverflow.com/q/36876512
https://stackoverflow.com/a/38598015
<p>To address the broken link from tree to tree error in Git, you need to identify the missing objects and attempt to recover them or remove references to them.</p> <pre><code>Git Repository Structure β”œβ”€πŸ“‚ .git/ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ“ objects/ β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ’” broken link from tree 4bf48692... to tree df084ac4... β”‚ β”‚ β””β”€πŸ’” broken link from tre...
<p>To address the broken link from tree to tree error in Git, you need to identify the missing objects and attempt to recover them or remove references to them.</p> <pre><code>Git Repository Structure β”œβ”€πŸ“‚ .git/ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ“ objects/ β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ’” broken link from tree 4bf48692... to tree df084ac4... β”‚ β”‚ β””β”€πŸ’” broken link from tre...
119
git
<h1>How can I fix a Git error broken link from tree to tree?</h1> <p>I got a transaction interrupted and when I try again I was having error with objects that were empty or corrupted, following another question I delete all the empty files and when I run</p> <pre><code>git fsck --full </code></pre> <p>I got this error:...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,920
git
# How can I fix a Git error broken link from tree to tree? I got a transaction interrupted and when I try again I was having error with objects that were empty or corrupted, following another question I delete all the empty files and when I run ``` git fsck --full ``` I got this error: ``` Checking object directori...
To address the broken link from tree to tree error in Git, you need to identify the missing objects and attempt to recover them or remove references to them. ``` Git Repository Structure β”œβ”€πŸ“‚ .git/ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ“ objects/ β”‚ β”‚ β”œβ”€πŸ’” broken link from tree 4bf48692... to tree df084ac4... β”‚ β”‚ β””β”€πŸ’” broken link from tree 4bf48692......
19210770
How can I tell git to ignore LibreOffice lock files?
25
2013-10-06 15:55:05
<p>I have a git repo which contains some XSLX files. I edit them with LibreOffice every once in a while. Sometimes LibreOffice won't remove the lock files ( <code>./folder/.~lock.filename.xslx#</code>). This causes those files to be liested as new on every <code>git status</code>. </p> <p>I would like git to ignore th...
10,249
103,190
2024-06-11 11:30:34
19,212,291
23
2013-10-06 18:24:32
1,290,731
2024-06-11 11:30:34
https://stackoverflow.com/q/19210770
https://stackoverflow.com/a/19212291
<p>To test patterns for <code>.gitignore</code>,</p> <pre><code><a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-ls-files.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">git ls-files</a> -iocx '.~lock*'</code></pre> <p>To see if any cached aka staged aka tracked aka added files match ignore patterns (and so may have been ...
<p>To test patterns for <code>.gitignore</code>,</p> <pre><code><a href="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-ls-files.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">git ls-files</a> -iocx '.~lock*'</code></pre> <p>To see if any cached aka staged aka tracked aka added files match ignore patterns (and so may have been ...
119, 25056, 67264
git, gitignore, libreoffice
<h1>How can I tell git to ignore LibreOffice lock files?</h1> <p>I have a git repo which contains some XSLX files. I edit them with LibreOffice every once in a while. Sometimes LibreOffice won't remove the lock files ( <code>./folder/.~lock.filename.xslx#</code>). This causes those files to be liested as new on every <...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,921
git
# How can I tell git to ignore LibreOffice lock files? I have a git repo which contains some XSLX files. I edit them with LibreOffice every once in a while. Sometimes LibreOffice won't remove the lock files ( `./folder/.~lock.filename.xslx#`). This causes those files to be liested as new on every `git status`. I woul...
To test patterns for `.gitignore`, ``` git ls-files -iocx '.~lock*' ``` To see if any cached aka staged aka tracked aka added files match ignore patterns (and so may have been added in error), ``` git ls-files -ic --exclude-standard ``` As @NevikRehnel pointed out, git won't ignore tracked files. To un-track a file...
4086896
Including the current branch name in the commit template
25
2010-11-03 12:11:25
<p>I have a commit template set up for git, and I would like to include the name of the current branch in it. I usually set up the branch to be the bug id, and it would help me with filling in boilerplate such as:</p> <pre><code>Bug : $BUG </code></pre> <p>How can I perform such a substitution with the git comment te...
13,570
112,671
2011-10-27 09:34:57
4,091,005
23
2010-11-03 19:45:04
119,963
2010-11-29 19:07:00
https://stackoverflow.com/q/4086896
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4091005
<p>I'd probably just use the <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_prepare_commit_msg" rel="noreferrer"><code>prepare-commit-msg</code></a> hook to add that to the file. From the (linked) manpage:</p> <blockquote> <p>This hook is invoked by git commit right after preparing the default log message, and before the e...
<p>I'd probably just use the <a href="http://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_prepare_commit_msg" rel="noreferrer"><code>prepare-commit-msg</code></a> hook to add that to the file. From the (linked) manpage:</p> <blockquote> <p>This hook is invoked by git commit right after preparing the default log message, and before the e...
119
git
<h1>Including the current branch name in the commit template</h1> <p>I have a commit template set up for git, and I would like to include the name of the current branch in it. I usually set up the branch to be the bug id, and it would help me with filling in boilerplate such as:</p> <pre><code>Bug : $BUG </code></pre>...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,922
git
# Including the current branch name in the commit template I have a commit template set up for git, and I would like to include the name of the current branch in it. I usually set up the branch to be the bug id, and it would help me with filling in boilerplate such as: ``` Bug : $BUG ``` How can I perform such a sub...
I'd probably just use the [`prepare-commit-msg`](http://git-scm.com/docs/githooks#_prepare_commit_msg) hook to add that to the file. From the (linked) manpage: > This hook is invoked by git commit right after preparing the default log message, and before the editor is started. > > It takes one to three parameters. The...
38454532
Remove duplicate commits introduced after bad rebase(s)
24
2016-07-19 09:28:33
<p>I have 2 branches, <code>master</code> &amp; <code>feature</code>. Master occasionally receives small tweaks that are needed to go live quickly. Once these tweaks are done, <code>master</code> is rebased into <code>feature</code> so that feature is kept up to date.</p> <p>The files changed on master are generally n...
27,939
2,072,075
2021-11-19 00:49:25
38,457,832
23
2016-07-19 11:54:46
2,072,075
2016-07-29 09:02:37
https://stackoverflow.com/q/38454532
https://stackoverflow.com/a/38457832
<p>To remove the duplicate commits you must go through the list generated by <code>git rebase master -i</code> and drop the duplicates by navigating up and down the list using the arrow keys pressing <kbd>d</kbd> on the commits you want to <code>drop</code>.</p> <p><em>(<code>master</code> can be replaced with a commm...
<p>To remove the duplicate commits you must go through the list generated by <code>git rebase master -i</code> and drop the duplicates by navigating up and down the list using the arrow keys pressing <kbd>d</kbd> on the commits you want to <code>drop</code>.</p> <p><em>(<code>master</code> can be replaced with a commm...
119, 456, 8974
git, rebase, version-control
<h1>Remove duplicate commits introduced after bad rebase(s)</h1> <p>I have 2 branches, <code>master</code> &amp; <code>feature</code>. Master occasionally receives small tweaks that are needed to go live quickly. Once these tweaks are done, <code>master</code> is rebased into <code>feature</code> so that feature is kep...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,924
git
# Remove duplicate commits introduced after bad rebase(s) I have 2 branches, `master` & `feature`. Master occasionally receives small tweaks that are needed to go live quickly. Once these tweaks are done, `master` is rebased into `feature` so that feature is kept up to date. The files changed on master are generally ...
To remove the duplicate commits you must go through the list generated by `git rebase master -i` and drop the duplicates by navigating up and down the list using the arrow keys pressing `d` on the commits you want to `drop`. *(`master` can be replaced with a commmit hash or any valid re-base point)* Once you have del...
11458926
git checkout -- <files> doesn't discard changes?
24
2012-07-12 19:10:32
<p>I have changes in my working directory that I'm trying to discard (reset to the current indexed version of the files), however, <code>git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;</code> will not discard the changes. I've attempted to manually remove the files (<code>rm -r files</code>) then run <code>git checkout -- .</code>, which...
24,921
463,038
2018-05-17 14:26:14
11,461,069
23
2012-07-12 21:36:31
463,038
2012-07-12 21:36:31
https://stackoverflow.com/q/11458926
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11461069
<p>The cause for this was due to multiple files with the same name but different cases. In OSX, which is case-insensitive, doesn't like multiple files with the same name but different cases. It views them as the same file. To fix this, I ran <code>git mv</code> (or just <code>mv</code>) to a temporary filename, added t...
<p>The cause for this was due to multiple files with the same name but different cases. In OSX, which is case-insensitive, doesn't like multiple files with the same name but different cases. It views them as the same file. To fix this, I ran <code>git mv</code> (or just <code>mv</code>) to a temporary filename, added t...
119, 369, 37230
git, git-checkout, macos
<h1>git checkout -- <files> doesn't discard changes?</h1> <p>I have changes in my working directory that I'm trying to discard (reset to the current indexed version of the files), however, <code>git checkout -- &lt;file&gt;</code> will not discard the changes. I've attempted to manually remove the files (<code>rm -r fi...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
19,926
git
# git checkout -- doesn't discard changes? I have changes in my working directory that I'm trying to discard (reset to the current indexed version of the files), however, `git checkout -- <file>` will not discard the changes. I've attempted to manually remove the files (`rm -r files`) then run `git checkout -- .`, whi...
The cause for this was due to multiple files with the same name but different cases. In OSX, which is case-insensitive, doesn't like multiple files with the same name but different cases. It views them as the same file. To fix this, I ran `git mv` (or just `mv`) to a temporary filename, added the temp files, which allo...
7077016
How Can I Resolve:"can not open 'git-upload-pack' " error in eclipse?
24
2011-08-16 10:50:46
<p>I am building an android app with the facebook api and I need to import the facebook android sdk. When I want to import this file from github it throws the .."can not list the available branches..'can not open git-upload-pack'"...the detailed error was now:</p> <pre><code>https://github.com/facebook/facebook-androi...
156,150
820,572
2021-08-20 05:33:00
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<p>You are using the wrong URL (you are using the URL for the html webpage). Try either of these instead:</p> <ul> <li><code>https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git</code></li> <li><code>git://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git</code></li> </ul>
<p>You are using the wrong URL (you are using the URL for the html webpage). Try either of these instead:</p> <ul> <li><code>https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git</code></li> <li><code>git://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git</code></li> </ul>
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<h1>How Can I Resolve:"can not open 'git-upload-pack' " error in eclipse?</h1> <p>I am building an android app with the facebook api and I need to import the facebook android sdk. When I want to import this file from github it throws the .."can not list the available branches..'can not open git-upload-pack'"...the deta...
q.PostTypeId = 1; a.PostTypeId = 2; EXISTS tag '%git%'; a.Body LIKE '%<code>%git%'; q.Score > 5; a.Score > 10
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# How Can I Resolve:"can not open 'git-upload-pack' " error in eclipse? I am building an android app with the facebook api and I need to import the facebook android sdk. When I want to import this file from github it throws the .."can not list the available branches..'can not open git-upload-pack'"...the detailed erro...
You are using the wrong URL (you are using the URL for the html webpage). Try either of these instead: - `https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git` - `git://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk.git`