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How do I make Git use the editor of my choice for commits?
I would prefer to write my commit messages in Vim, but it is opening them in Emacs. How do I configure Git to
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How to find and restore a deleted file in a Git repository
Say I'm in a Git repository. I delete a file and commit that change. I continue working and make some mor
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Commit only part of a file in Git
When I make changes to a file in Git, how can I commit only some of the changes? For example, how could I com
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How do I list all of the files in a commit?
I am looking for a simple Git command that provides a nicely formatted list of all files that were part of the
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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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Difference between "git add -A" and "git add ."
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Message 'src refspec master does not match any' when pushing commits in Git
I clone my repository with: git clone ssh://xxxxx/xx.git But after I change some files and add and commit
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Remove a file from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem
My initial commit contained some log files. I've added *log to my .gitignore, and now I want to remove th
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Stash only one file out of multiple files that have changed with Git?
How can I stash only one of multiple changed files on my branch?
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View the change history of a file using Git versioning
How can I view the change history of an individual file in Git, complete details with what has changed? I have
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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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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?
