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How do I calculate distance between two GPS coordinates (using latitude and longitude)?
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Link and execute external JavaScript file hosted on GitHub
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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
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Can you get the number of lines of code from a GitHub repository?
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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
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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
