Running git pull performs the following tasks, in order: git fetch git merge The merge step combines branches that have been setup to be merged in your config. You want to undo the merge step, but probably not the fetch (doesn’t make a lot of sense and shouldn’t be necessary). To undo the merge, use git reset –hard to reset the local repository to … Read more
OK. The problem is your previous pull failed to merge automatically and went to conflict state. And the conflict wasn’t resolved properly before the next pull. Undo the merge and pull again.To undo a merge:git merge –abort [Since git version 1.7.4]git reset –merge [prior git versions] Resolve the conflict. Don’t forget to add and commit the merge. … Read more
In the simplest terms, git pull does a git fetch followed by a git merge. You can do a git fetch at any time to update your remote-tracking branches under refs/remotes/<remote>/. This operation never changes any of your own local branches under refs/heads, and is safe to do without changing your working copy. I have even heard of people running git fetch periodically in a cron … Read more
I was always under the impression that you could give a stash a name by doing git stash save stashname, which you could later on apply by doing git stash apply stashname. But it seems that in this case all that happens is that stashname will be used as the stash description. Is there no way to actually name … Read more
To stash your working directory including untracked files (especially those that are in the .gitignore) then you probably want to use this cmd: Alternatively, you can use the shorthand -u instead of –include-untracked, or simply git stash –all which stashes all files, including untracked and ignored files. This bahaviour changed in 2018, so make sure your git is up to date. Warning: there seems to … Read more
See the git-pull man page: git pull [options] [<repository> [<refspec>…]] and in the examples section: Merge into the current branch the remote branch next: $ git pull origin next So I imagine you want to do something like: To set it up so that it does this by default while you’re on the dev branch:
From the git-diff manpage: For instance, to see the difference for a file “main.c” between now and two commits back, here are three equivalent commands:
Git keeps all of its files in the .git directory. Just remove that one and init again. If you can’t find it, it’s because it is hidden. In Windows 7, you need to go to your folder, click on Organize on the top left, then click on Folder and search options, then click on the View tab and click on the Show hidden … Read more
GitHub has a nice section called “Dealing with “non-fast-forward” errors“ This error can be a bit overwhelming at first, do not fear.Simply put, git cannot make the change on the remote without losing commits, so it refuses the push.Usually this is caused by another user pushing to the same branch. You can remedy this by … Read more
Given a branch foo and a remote upstream: As of Git 1.8.0: Or, if local branch foo is not the current branch: Or, if you like to type longer commands, these are equivalent to the above two: As of Git 1.7.0 (before 1.8.0): Notes: All of the above commands will cause local branch foo to track remote branch foo from remote upstream. The old (1.7.x) … Read more