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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Move existing, uncommitted work to a new branch in Git
I started some work on a new feature and after coding for a bit, I decided this feature should be on its own b
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How do I clone a specific Git branch?
Git clone will behave copying remote current working branch into local. Is there any way to clone a
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Undoing a git rebase
Does anybody know how to easily undo a git rebase? The only way that comes to mind is to go at it manually:
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Delete commits from a branch in Git
I would like to know how to delete a commit. By delete, I mean it is as if I didn't make that commit, an
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Make an existing Git branch track a remote branch?
I know how to make a new branch that tracks remote branches, but how do I make an existing branch track a remo
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How do I remove a submodule?
How do I remove a Git submodule? By the way, is there a reason I can't simply do git submodule rm whate
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How do I update or sync a forked repository on GitHub?
I forked a project, applied several fixes and created a pull request which was accepted. A few days later, ano
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Squash my last X commits together using Git
How can I squash my last X commits together into one commit using Git?
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Undo a Git merge that hasn't been pushed yet
Within my master branch, I did a git merge some-other-branch locally, but never pushed the changes to origin m
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How to clone all remote branches in Git?
I have a master and a development branch, both pushed to GitHub. I've cloned, pulled, and fetched, but I
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Reset local repository branch to be just like remote repository HEAD
How do I reset my local branch to be just like the branch on the remote repository? I did: git reset --hard
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How can I determine the URL that a local Git repository was originally cloned from?
I pulled a project from GitHub a few days ago. I've since discovered that there are several forks on GitH
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How to change the URI (URL) for a remote Git repository?
I have a repo (origin) on a USB key that I cloned on my hard drive (local). I moved "origin" to a NAS and succ
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How can I add a blank directory to a Git repository?
How can I add a blank directory (that contains no files) to a Git repository?
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How do I push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too?
I want to be able to do the following: Create a local branch based on some other (remote or local) branch (via
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How can I reset or revert a file to a specific revision?
I have made some changes to a file which has been committed a few times as part of a group of files, but now w
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How to resolve merge conflicts in a Git repository
I want to resolve merge conflicts in my Git repository. How can I do that?
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How do I discard unstaged changes in Git?
How do I discard changes in my working copy that are not in the index?
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Move the most recent commit(s) to a new branch with Git
I'd like to move the last several commits I've committed to master to a new branch and take master b
