git reset is all about moving HEAD, and generally the branch ref.Question: what about the working tree and index?When employed with –soft, moves HEAD, most often updating the branch ref, and only the HEAD.This differ from commit –amend as: it doesn’t create a new commit. it can actually move HEAD to any commit (as commit … Read more
For the vast majority[1] of visitors here, the correct and simplest answer to the question “How do I list all remote branches in Git 1.7+?” is: For a small minority[1] git branch -r does not work. If git branch -r does not work try: If git branch -r does not work, then maybe as Cascabel … Read more
Careful: git reset –hard WILL DELETE YOUR WORKING DIRECTORY CHANGES. Be sure to stash any local changes you want to keep before running this command. Assuming you are sitting on that commit, then this command will wack it… The HEAD~1 means the commit before head. Or, you could look at the output of git log, … Read more
In Git 1.7.0 and later, you can checkout a new branch: Edit files, add and commit. Then push with the -u (short for –set-upstream) option: Git will set up the tracking information during the push.
Setting your branch to exactly match the remote branch can be done in two steps: If you want to save your current branch’s state before doing this (just in case), you can do: Now your work is saved on the branch “my-saved-work” in case you decide you want it back (or want to look at … Read more
Since Git 2.16.1(2) you can use In version between 2.14.2 and 2.16.1, the command was (It was later renamed to avoid confusion with updating the local repository, e.g. like svn update does it.) That command does not exist in Git 2.13 and before. If this errors with “is not a git command” then either you don’t actually … Read more
You want to use git diff. Where <commit> is your branch name, the hash of a commit or a shorthand symbolic reference For instance git diff abc123…def567 or git diff HEAD..origin/master That will produce the diff between the tips of the two branches. If you’d prefer to find the diff from their common ancestor to test, you can use three dots instead of two: … Read more
Update: Using Git Switch All of the information written below was accurate, but a new command, git switch has been added that simplifies the effort. If daves_branch exists on the remote repository, but not on your local branch, you can simply type: Since you do not have the branch locally, this will automatically make switch look on the remote repo. It … Read more
GitHub isn’t able to authenticate you. So, either you aren’t setup with an SSH key, because you haven’t set one up on your machine, or your key isn’t associated with your GitHub account. You can also use the HTTPS URL instead of the SSH/git URL to avoid having to deal with SSH keys. This is GitHub’s recommended … Read more
Maybe you just need to commit. I ran into this when I did: Oops! Never committed! All I had to do was: Success!