Git push requires username and password

A common cause is cloning using the default (HTTPS) instead of SSH. You can correct this by going to your repository, clicking “Clone or download”, then clicking the “Use SSH” button above the URL field and updating the URL of your origin remote like this: You can check if you have added the remote as … Read more

How to `git pull` while ignoring local changes?

If you mean you want the pull to overwrite local changes, doing the merge as if the working tree were clean, well, clean the working tree: If there are untracked local files you could use git clean to remove them. git clean -f to remove untracked files -df to remove untracked files and directories -xdf … Read more

Is it possible to pull just one file in Git?

You can fetch and then check out only one file in this way: Regarding the git checkout command: <revision> — a branch name, i.e. origin/master <yourfilepath> does not include the repository name (that you can get from clicking copy path button on a file page on GitHub), i.e. README.md

Git: How do I force “git pull” to overwrite local files?

⚠ Important: If you have any local changes, they will be lost. With or without –hard option, any local commits that haven’t been pushed will be lost.[*] If you have any files that are not tracked by Git (e.g. uploaded user content), these files will not be affected. First, run a fetch to update all origin/<branch> refs to latest: Backup your … Read more