Resolve Git merge conflicts in favor of their changes during a pull
Or, simply, for the default repository: If you’re already in conflicted state…
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How to keep a branch synchronized/updated with master?
yes just do to keep mobiledevicesupport in sync with master then when you’re ready to put mobiledevicesupport into master, first merge in master like above, then … and thats it. the assumption here is that mobilexxx is a topic branch with work that isn’t ready to go into your main branch yet. So only merge … Read more
Git error: “Host Key Verification Failed” when connecting to remote repository
You are connecting via the SSH protocol, as indicated by the ssh:// prefix on your clone URL. Using SSH, every host has a key. Clients remember the host key associated with a particular address and refuse to connect if a host key appears to change. This prevents man in the middle attacks. The host key for domain.com … Read more
How can I see which Git branches are tracking which remote / upstream branch?
Very much a porcelain command, not good if you want this for scripting: Note that with git 1.8.3, that upstream branch is displayed in blue (see “What is this branch tracking (if anything) in git?“) If you want clean output, see arcresu’s answer – it uses a porcelain command that I don’t believe existed at the time I originally … Read more
What’s the use of the staging area in Git?
There are many uses of staging in Git. Some are listed below: staging helps you split up one large change into multiple commits – Let’s say you worked on a large-ish change, involving a lot of files and quite a few different subtasks. You didn’t actually commit any of these — you were “in the zone”, … Read more
How can I unstage my files again after making a local commit?
git reset –soft HEAD~1 should do what you want. After this, you’ll have the first changes in the index (visible with git diff –cached), and your newest changes not staged. git status will then look like this: You can then do git add foo.java and commit both changes at once.
Git push existing repo to a new and different remote repo server?
Create a new repo at github. Clone the repo from fedorahosted to your local machine. git remote rename origin upstream git remote add origin URL_TO_GITHUB_REPO git push origin master Now you can work with it just like any other github repo. To pull in patches from upstream, simply run git pull upstream master && git push … Read more
How to permanently remove few commits from remote branch
You git reset –hard your local branch to remove changes from working tree and index, and you git push –force your revised local branch to the remote. (other solution here, involving deleting the remote branch, and re-pushing it) This SO answer illustrates the danger of such a command, especially if people depends on the remote … Read more
git push origin master does not work
Although, I could commit my change locally, I can not push to origin master I run I get I run I get What’s wrong with this?
Git keeps prompting me for a password
I think you may have the wrong Git repository URL. Open .git/config and find the [remote “origin”] section. Make sure you’re using the SSH one: You can see the SSH URL in the main page of your repository if you click Clone or download and choose ssh. And NOT the https or git one: You can now validate with just the SSH key instead of the … Read more