Git is an open source distributed version control system originally designed and written by Linus Torvalds. It is generally used to keep track of source code for software projects. As a DVCS, Git provides powerful help with branching, merging, and distributed development.
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Mysterious .bk file in OS X
I am trying to move some files in a git repository that I have in my Macbook (OS X 10.11.4). However, when I try to do a git mv, I get this:
fatal: bad source, source=remote_plugins/...
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git file COMMIT_EDITMSG is set readonly after each commit
I'm using git on Windows 7 (my user is in the local admin group) with my dev project, but everytime I commit changes, the file .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG change too :
It's content is replaced with the last ...
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What does Git GUI's “Match Tracking Changes” option do? [migrated]
What does the "Match Tracking Branches" option do in Git GUI?
I haven't been able to see any immediate change from enabling the option. I assume it keeps local branches up to date with a repository's ...
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Installing sleuthkit on macOS sierra newest version fails
So I have a completely fresh install of macOS sierra updated to the newest version.
When I run ./configure everything checks out and when I run make it returns this:
Making all in tsk
/Applications/...
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How to prevent the creation of $Recycle.Bin
I have a script, which removes and freshly clones a git repo every x hours (to publish a small subset of its files via a webserver). It looks something like this:
rm -fR /d/repo/
git clone --depth=1 ...
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Reconnect to accidentally stopped vi session (git commit)
On Cygwin, I accidentally pressed Ctrl+Z while in vim. I was editing a git commit message.
This resulted in
$ git commit -a
[1]+ Stopped git commit -a
I think the vi session is ...
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How to automate git tasks that require a commit message?
I'm writing a script to automate a Git task. Doing this manually, there are a few points where git opens vim to edit a commit message, and I have to type :wq. Is there a way to pre-send these ...
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How can I disable the MOTD when using Git over SSH on Windows?
I'm using Git on Windows, with a repository over SSH.
Whenever I carry out any action I get the MOTD from the server (which is a legal warning from the company I work for).
It looks like if I was on ...
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Fix incoherent timestamps of git commits
I am using a git repository for development involving some embedded devices that fail to keep wall clock time.
So I end up with many commits having bad timestamps. This is no problem for git itself, ...
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Slow git clone speed, everything else +12Mbit/s
I'm trying to do a git clone, using ubuntu 16.04 server edition (don't ask, I needed a quick ubuntu for an openwrt build) and, while fast.com, xfinity's speedtest and speedtest.net both show 12Mbit/s ...
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Beyond Compare 4 with Git for windows (windows version 7 and above , git for windows version 2.11.0)
I am trying to use beyond compare to work with git for windows.
I have followed the instructions on beyond compare site and added the required commands to the git config.
git difftool seems to be ...
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How to fill info in a popup window in a shell script?
This is the usually commands that I use to deploy:
cd app
npm run build
cd ..
git push azure_3 master:master
The last commands opens a popup window, where I have to enter a password:
But I don't ...
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git annex, how to add git-sub directories
I have a scenario where I am moving my entire filestructure to git-annex.
It contains my current projects, old project, media, personal items, and so on. As a result, it contains a lot of git ...
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Why do Atom, VSCode or Ava use more than one continuous integration services?
Continuous integration services, like Travis, CircleCI or AppVeyor have been proofed to be really useful to make sure that the project is working as intended automatically.
But why do some ...
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Use local webserver or use Git
We are a starting company of 2 people and we are debating if we are going to use a local webserver or use a company GIT for wordpress websites.
Local server with htdocs:
We can go to:
[localIP]/...
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Github for Windows won't start
The error log generated after the installation when i try to open the application reads :
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4....
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How do I set my local git identity?
This is my first setup of a repo on GitHub. I am running Linux, and my GitHub account has ssh-keys setup for my computer.
When I try to run git commit, I get this error.
git commit -m "examples"
*** ...
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Installing git on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 with git bash for Windows already installed?
I've been using the git bash shell on Windows 10 for a while, but I only just installed the WSL/Bash for Ubuntu on Windows. BUW has an entire file system separate from my Windows files, and also its ...
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How do I only show git info in the $PS1 if I am only in a git directory?
I am using oh-my-zsh as my shell and I set up my $PS1 in the .zshrc to be as follows:
PS1='[${SSH_CONNECTION+"%{$fg_bold[green]%}%n@%m:"}%{$fg_bold[blue]%}%c%{$reset_color%}$(git_prompt_info)]$ '
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How to open git-shell from a specific folder in explorer ?
I have a new install of Windows 7 and I have installed the Github Dekstop GUI and the git-shell, I haven't installed git-bash.
My questions is can I somehow link git-shell to the file explorer, so ...
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How does git notice a repo's contents changed?
If you you modify a previously clean file, git notices. It even does so if you set the modified data of that file back what what it previously was. Yet git doesn't read the data of all tracked files ...
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Setting up an encrypted git repository
Situation
I would like to save data with git, encrypted (on some platform like bitbucket or github). Therefore the question:
Question
I am looking for different hassle-free ways on:
How to set up ...
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Configure PHPStorm's setting repository via the command line
Is there a proper way of telling PHPStorm which repository to use as the settings repository, but via the command line? I'm writing a script to set up my new machine(s) and want to automate as much as ...
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How to configure the system ssh client with smartgit on Linux?
Under edit -> preferences -> authentication SmartGit allows us to clone private git repositories using the system SSH client:
How do I configure it? I can't find any clear instructions for ...
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Executing linux programs (WSL) from Windows environment
I've installed git inside WSL and when i call the program it shows one error message:
My intention is replace little by little tools like cygwin, Git for Windows and others by tools installed inside ...
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What is an appropriate value for git-daemon's --timeout option?
The git-daemon page has this to say:
--init-timeout=<n>
Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established
and the client request is received (typically a ...
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git is extremely slow on windows
I'm not sure what have been changed, but my git started to be extremely slow on an average-sized repository. Others use git with the same repository on similar machines.
Various commands working with ...
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Send env to a makefile target
I am trying to set an env var which is git sha1 commit for a makefile target. I am setting a lot of env vars and only this fails with no such file or directory error. I am hell confused. Please help ...
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Git clone from private network to remote through vpn ssh
I work on a private network with a git repository hosted there at git.mycompany.com.
I have a remote server without access to this private network, I access it via ssh. To get my code to the server, ...
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Kasperky detect host file of git installation as a trojan
I recently installed Git version 2.11.0 for 64-bit without any problem, but Kaspersky detect the file hosts as Trojan.Win32.Hosts2.gen. I should add to exclusion rules or it is infected after the ...
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How do I stop Git Bash asking for more input?
Sometimes in Git Bash, I'll enter a bad command such as this (ex: mongoDB):
db.people.insert([{name: 'John'},
{name: 'Marry'}])
asdasd
a56sf
sdfnbn
since I pressed enter after 'john',it just accepts ...
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ConEmu disable Esc shortcut
I'm having problems with ConEmu because of the Esc shortcut that hides the window. When I use something that makes use of Esc, such as Vim or git commit, an escape hides the window instead of removing ...
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How to launch commands on startup in ConEmu
Let us assume that ConEmu lauches a git bash on startup. What I would like is that it also automatically runs a "git fetch && git status" on startup in this bash. I did found a way to write a ...
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Anyway to push a user's last commit via git through github?
I have a Organization account through github, and we recently had to remove a user from the organization.
The user never pushed up the last bit of changes they made.
We do not have access to the ...
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Jenkins Gerrit polling fails: constantly triggering builds
So we're using Gerrit Trigger (2.21.1) on our Jenkins CI build manager & using docker containers for the actual builds.
The issue that has recently popped up in some of our branches the Gerrit ...
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FTP upload - Failed to open “C:\Apache24\…\uploads\image2.png” for reading because it is not a file
I would like to upload some files including .php and images to server. I tried it via Filezilla and PhpStorm. All php files has been transferred well, but some images throws me an error with text:
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rm -r crashes windows on cygwin
I have cygwin installed on my Windows 7 machine as part of installing git. Whenever I do rm -r inside Git Bash, the machine crashes. What could be causing this?
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Windows 7: Run “White space context menu” apps, with admin rights
When I am inside a folder and I right click on white space (not on any files/ folder) I see context menu. This context menu shows me a list applications I can open.
I want these applications to be ...
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“git checkout — filename” vs “git checkout filename”
I know that I am meant to use git checkout -- filename to revert the changes made to a specific file. But one of my colleague just ignore the dashes and ended typing git checkout filename, effectively ...
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Git Installation Getting Stuck At the End On Windows 10
As you can see from the installation screenshot I'm trying to install Git on another drive (I don't want to install on C:) and its getting stuck.
I'm installing it from the elevated command prompt as ...
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Git for Windows XP
Does anyone know how I can run Git on Windows XP? I have inherited an XP VM and need a way to version my code.
Unfortunately updating is not an option due to license constraints
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Why is my git always force pushing?
It seems that my local installation of git (version 2.10.2) is such that whenever I issued git push, it is interpreted as git push -f. Is there a configuration variable that I could've set incorrectly ...
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Why does git complain that no GPG agent is running?
I have the gpg-agent.exe running, but when I try to git commit, it complains that the GPG agent can not be found:
$ gpg-agent --daemon
gpg-agent[17440]: a gpg-agent is already running - not starting ...
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get Git permissions for www-data user (php)
I have a friend who is running his own site. I have helped him and set up a private repo on gitlab to backup his site (something that has come in handy a few times now). The problem is he isn't really ...
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Django tutorial polls app using picture instead of text
Out of this repo
If you need to :
put content as an image, but not text;
vote on the image with + and -;
show result after third button is pressed; [ not included in Wanted result ]
Where in the ...
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get GitHub link for file in checkout in CLI
I'm looking for a bash script to generate a GitHub link to a file from the filename in my local checkout.
So if this script existed and was named github-link-for-file, it might work like this:
$ git ...
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What is “Repository Group” in SourceTree?
Regarding the SourceTree app for Mercurial/Git version-control management, what exactly does the New Repository Group menu item do? What is a repository group?
I looked through the doc and did some ...
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How to open all modified files in git with sublime text?
When I enter git status in iTerm, git will show a list of modified files. How do I open all of those modified files with sublime text 3? I have the command subl file_1 file_2 set to open those files ...
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How do I store developer “selvesets” I dont want to push to origin across developers
We just switched from TFSC to GIT, and there are some issues finding a good alternative to shelvesets
The use case:
As a developer we often want to change certain settings, so that our test ...
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how to get to the root of a directory
I am trying to compile a package in bash and the instructions in github says that:
Switch to the root of the Phrasal repository and execute: gradle
installDist
I tried to determine the root ...
