If those opensource projects are no longer active in their Subversion referential, you could: clone them locally (you can use TortoiseSVN for example) use SubGit to make a one-time conversion between the local SVN repository and a new local Git repository. push the new Git repository to a new upstream repository hosting service. But if the SVN repository … Read more
The exact error message is (as illustrated here): Possible cause: proxy settings (as in this thread) setup steps, with Git disabled (as in here)When SourceTree started for the first time, I skipped setting up Git & Mercurial in the wizard. Then I reran the wizard and chose to download and install the embedded packages.But it seems installing those … Read more
I am using SourceTree for my GIT repositories. Today I need to ignore some files; when I added these files to ignore list from SourceTree’s “Ignore file” menu and check local .gitignore file, the ignored files are not listed there. Instead these are listed in the global .gitignore. How can I get SourceTree to add … Read more
If you are using two-factor authentication with GitHub you will need to create a personal access token and use it with SourceTree: To work with GitHub’s two-factor authentication in SourceTree you can simply use your access token instead of your password. The steps to do this are as follows: Go to your Personal Access Tokens … Read more
From SourceTree, click on Tools->Options. Then on the “General” tab, make sure to check the box to allow SourceTree to modify your Git config files. Then switch to the “Diff” tab. On the lower half, use the drop down to select the external program you want to use to do the diffs and merging. I’ve … Read more
Finally I made it work thanks to the steps outlined in the Eclipse forum: Set up the SSH key stuff Download and install mysys git according to the github instructions at http://help.github.com/win-git-installation/ In C:/Users/you/ssh hide any existing keys (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub) in a subdirectory. If the ssh directory does not exist, create it. Of course, “you” is … Read more
After updating the SourceTree to it’s latest version I am fighting with this issue. Assume following scenario: There are file A, B and C under the version control and there is just one branch. In my working copy, I make some changes to the file A so it turns into a A’ as well as the file B to B’. Someone else in his working copy makes … Read more
Remove the all github.com credential details from the system. For mac Delete the github.com password from the Keychain Access. For window Delete the credentials from Credential Manager.