Tag: branch

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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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Solomon
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asked 07 September, 2021
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Git pull a certain branch from GitHub

I have a project with multiple branches. I've been pushing them to GitHub, and now that someone else is w

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Carmelina
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How can I delete all Git branches which have been merged?

I have many Git branches. How do I delete branches which have already been merged? Is there an easy way to del

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Leonardo
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How to change the author and committer name and e-mail of multiple commits in Git?

I was writing a simple script in the school computer, and committing the changes to Git (in a repo that was in

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Adolfo
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asked 07 September, 2021
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Git fetch remote branch

My colleague and I are working on the same repository. We've branched it into two branches, each technica

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Brianne
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How to get the current branch name in Git?

I'm from a Subversion background and, when I had a branch, I knew what I was working on with "These worki

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Santiago
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asked 07 September, 2021
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24 answers
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How do you create a remote Git branch?

I created a local branch which I want to 'push' upstream. There is a similar question here on Stack

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Rudy
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asked 07 September, 2021
59 votes
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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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Chelsea
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asked 07 September, 2021
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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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Tuan
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asked 07 September, 2021
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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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Sena
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asked 07 September, 2021
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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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Percy
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asked 07 September, 2021
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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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Roger
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asked 07 September, 2021
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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

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Dwain
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How to remove local (untracked) files from the current Git working tree

How do you delete untracked local files from your current working tree?

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Wilfredo
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asked 07 September, 2021
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30 answers
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How do I check out a remote Git branch?

Somebody pushed a branch called test with git push origin test to a shared repository. I can see the branch wi

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Robt
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asked 07 September, 2021
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30 answers
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How do I rename a local Git branch?

I don't want to rename a remote branch, as described in Rename master branch for both local and remote Gi

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Chelsea
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asked 07 September, 2021
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How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?

I want to delete a branch both locally and remotely. Failed Attempts to Delete a Remote Branch $ git branch -d

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Corey
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asked 07 September, 2021
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27 answers
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Why is processing a sorted array faster than processing an unsorted array?

Here is a piece of C++ code that shows some very peculiar behavior. For some strange reason, sorting the data

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Boyd
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asked 07 September, 2021