GIT
Git is an open-source distributed version control system (DVCS). Use this tag for questions related to Git usage and workflows. Do not use this tag for general programming questions that happen to involve a Git repository.
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How can I make Sublime Text the default editor for Git?
I have a problem setting Sublime Text 2 as the core.editor with git. I've read through every post I coul
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How can I set up an editor to work with Git on Windows?
I'm trying out Git on Windows. I got to the point of trying "git commit" and I got this error: Termin
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GitHub "fatal: remote origin already exists"
I am trying to follow along Michael Hartl's Rails tutorial but I've run across an error. I signed
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Change name of folder when cloning from GitHub?
When I clone something from Github, it creates a folder with the same name as the app on my computer. Is there
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Why is a git 'pull request' not called a 'push request'?
The terminology used to merge a branch with an official repository is a 'pull request'. This is conf
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Git push existing repo to a new and different remote repo server?
Say I have a repository on git.fedorahosted.org and I want to clone this into my account at github to have my
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GitHub: invalid username or password
I have a project hosted on GitHub. I fail when trying to push my modifications on the master. I always get the
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Can you get the number of lines of code from a GitHub repository?
In a GitHub repository you can see “language statistics”, which displays the percentage of the project tha
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git - remote add origin vs remote set-url origin
I create a new repository: git init echo "# MESSAGE" >> README.md git add README.md git commit -m "first
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Remote origin already exists on 'git push' to a new repository
I have my project on GitHub at some location, [email protected]:myname/oldrep.git. Now I want to push all my cod
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Import existing source code to GitHub
How can I import source code from my computer to my GitHub account?
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Pull request vs Merge request
What is the difference between a Pull request and a Merge request? In GitHub, it's a Pull Request while i
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SSH Key - Still asking for password and passphrase
I've been somewhat 'putting up' with Github always asking for my username and password when I c
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How to update a pull request from forked repo?
So I first forked a repo and then made a commit to that forked repo. I then opened a pull request. The pull re
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When does Git refresh the list of remote branches?
Using git branch --all shows all remote and local branches. When does Git refresh this list? On pull/push? An
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Updating a local repository with changes from a GitHub repository
I've got a project checked locally from GitHub, and that remote repository has since had changes made to
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git error: failed to push some refs to remote
For some reason, I can't push now, whereas I could do it yesterday. Maybe I messed up with configs or som
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What is the difference between GitHub and gist?
What is the purpose of gist and how is it different from regular code sharing/maintaining using GitHub?
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Remove directory from remote repository after adding them to .gitignore
I committed and pushed some directory to github. After that, I altered the .gitignore file adding a directory
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How to git-cherry-pick only changes to certain files?
If I want to merge into a Git branch the changes made only to some of the files changed in a particular commit
