Questions tagged [git]
Git is an open-source distributed version control system (DVCS). Use this tag for questions about Git usage and workflows. Do not use this tag for general programming questions that happen to involve a Git repository. Do not use this tag for GitHub/GitHub Actions questions that do not involve git usage; use [github] or [github-actions] instead. Do not use the [github] tag for Git-related issues just because a repository happens to be hosted on GitHub.
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How do I undo the most recent local commits in Git?
I accidentally committed the wrong files to Git, but didn't push the commit to the server yet.
How do I undo those commits from the local repository?
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How do I delete a Git branch locally and remotely?
Failed Attempts to Delete a Remote Branch:
$ git branch -d remotes/origin/bugfix
error: branch 'remotes/origin/bugfix' not found.
$ git branch -d origin/bugfix
error: branch 'origin/bugfix' not found....
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What is the difference between 'git pull' and 'git fetch'?
What are the differences between git pull and git fetch?
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How can I rename a local Git branch?
How can I rename a local branch which has not yet been pushed to a remote repository?
Related:
Rename master branch for both local and remote Git repositories
How do I rename both a Git local and ...
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How do I undo 'git add' before commit?
I mistakenly added files to Git using the command:
git add myfile.txt
I have not yet run git commit. How do I undo this so that these changes will not be included in the commit?
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How do I force "git pull" to overwrite local files?
How do I force an overwrite of local files on a git pull? My local repository contains a file of the same filename as on the server.
error: Untracked working tree file 'example.txt' would be ...
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How do I check out a remote Git branch?
Somebody pushed a branch called test with git push origin test to a shared repository. I can see the branch with git branch -r. How do I check out the remote test branch? I've tried:
git checkout ...
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How do I make Git forget about a file that was tracked, but is now in .gitignore?
I put a file that was previously being tracked by Git onto the .gitignore list. However, the file still shows up in git status after it is edited. How do I force Git to completely forget the file?
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How do I remove local (untracked) files from the current Git working tree?
How do I delete untracked local files from the current working tree?
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How to modify existing, unpushed commit messages?
I wrote the wrong thing in a commit message.
How can I change the message? The commit has not been pushed yet.
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How do I revert a Git repository to a previous commit?
How do I revert from my current state to a snapshot made on a certain commit?
If I do git log, then I get the following output:
$ git log
commit a867b4af366350be2e7c21b8de9cc6504678a61b`
Author: Me &...
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Move the most recent commit(s) to a new branch with Git
How do I move my recent commits on master to a new branch, and reset master to before those commits were made? e.g. From this:
master A - B - C - D - E
To this:
newbranch C - D - E
/
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How do I change the URI (URL) for a remote Git repository?
I have a repo (origin) on a USB key that I cloned on my hard drive (local). I moved "origin" to a NAS and successfully tested cloning it from here.
I would like to know if I can change the ...
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How do I discard unstaged changes in Git?
How do I discard changes in my working copy that are not in the index?
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How can I reset or revert a file to a specific revision?
How can I revert a modified file to its previous revision at a specific commit hash (which I determined via git log and git diff)?
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Reset local repository branch to be just like remote repository HEAD
How do I reset my local branch to be just like the branch on the remote repository?
I tried:
git reset --hard HEAD
But git status claims I have modified files:
On branch master
Changes to be ...
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How do I push a new local branch to a remote Git repository and track it too?
How do I:
Create a local branch from another branch (via git branch or git checkout -b).
Push the local branch
to the remote repository (i.e. publish), but make it
trackable so that git pull and git ...
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How to determine the URL that a local Git repository was originally cloned from
I pulled a project with several forks on GitHub, but forgot which fork it was. How do I determine which fork I pulled?
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How do I squash my last N commits together?
How do I squash my last N commits together into one commit?
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How do I resolve merge conflicts in a Git repository?
How do I resolve merge conflicts in my Git repository?
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How do I add an empty directory to a Git repository?
How do I add an empty directory (that contains no files) to a Git repository?
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Undo a Git merge that hasn't been pushed yet
I accidentally ran git merge some_other_branch on my local master branch. I haven't pushed the changes to origin master. How do I undo the merge?
After merging, git status says:
# On branch master
# ...
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How do I clone all remote branches?
My master and development branches are tracked remotely on GitHub. How do I clone both these branches?
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How do I update or sync a forked repository on GitHub?
I forked a project, made changes, and created a pull request which was accepted. New commits were later added to the repository. How do I get those commits into my fork?
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How do I remove a submodule?
How do I remove a Git submodule?
Why can't I do
git submodule rm module_name?
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How do I delete a commit from a branch?
How do I delete a commit from my branch history? Should I use git reset --hard HEAD?
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Undoing a git rebase
How do I easily undo a git rebase? A lengthy manual method is:
checkout the commit parent to both of the branches
create and checkout a temporary branch
cherry-pick all commits by hand
reset the ...
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Message 'src refspec master does not match any' when pushing commits in Git
I clone my repository with:
git clone ssh://xxxxx/xx.git
But after I change some files and add and commit them, I want to push them to the server:
git add xxx.php
git commit -m "TEST"
git push ...
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How do I get the current branch name in Git?
How do I get the name of the current branch in Git?
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Make an existing Git branch track a remote branch?
I know how to make a new branch that tracks remote branches, but how do I make an existing branch track a remote branch?
I know I can just edit the .git/config file, but it seems there should be an ...
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How do I clone a specific Git branch? [duplicate]
Git clone will clone remote branch into local.
Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository?
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Move existing, uncommitted work to a new branch in Git
I started some work on a new feature and after coding for a bit, I decided this feature should be on its own branch.
How do I move the existing uncommitted changes to a new branch and reset my ...
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Remove a file from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem
I want to remove a file from my repository.
git rm file_to_remove.txt
will remove the file from the repository, but it will also remove the file from the local file system. How do I remove this file ...
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View the change history of a file using Git versioning
How do I view the history of an individual file with complete details of what has changed?
git log -- [filename] shows me the commit history of a file, but how do I see the file content that changed?
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How do I stash only one file out of multiple files that have changed?
How do I stash only one of the multiple changed files on my branch?
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How do I create a remote Git branch?
I created a local branch. How do I push it to the remote server?
UPDATE: I have written a simpler answer for Git 2.0 here.
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Git refusing to merge unrelated histories on rebase
During git rebase origin/development the following error message is shown from Git:
fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories
Error redoing merge 1234deadbeef1234deadbeef
My Git version is 2.9.0. ...
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Commit only part of a file's changes in Git
When I make changes to a file in Git, how can I commit only some of the changes?
For example, how could I commit only 15 lines out of 30 lines that have been changed in a file?
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How do I list all the files in a commit?
How can I print a plain list of all files that were part of a given commit?
Although the following lists the files, it also includes unwanted diff information for each:
git show ...
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Git is not working after macOS update ("xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools")
I updated to the latest OS, and/or restarted my computer (this happens on every major update, but this time all I did was restart my computer on 2022-09-13).
This morning I navigated to my work's ...
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Difference between "git add -A" and "git add ."
What is the difference between git add [--all | -A] and git add .?
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How do you push a tag to a remote repository using Git?
I added a tag to the master branch on my machine:
git tag mytag master
How do I push this to the remote repository? Running git push gives the message:
Everything up-to-date
However, the remote ...
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How do I make git use the editor of my choice for editing commit messages?
How do I globally configure git to use a particular editor (e.g. vim) for commit messages?
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How do I find and restore a deleted file in a Git repository?
Say I'm in a Git repository. I delete a file and commit that change. I continue working and make some more commits. Then, I discover that I need to restore that file after deleting it.
I know I can ...
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How do I modify a specific commit?
I have the following commit history:
HEAD
HEAD~
HEAD~2
HEAD~3
git commit --amend modifies the current HEAD commit. But how do I modify HEAD~3?
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I ran into a merge conflict. How do I abort the merge?
I used git pull and had a merge conflict:
unmerged: some_file.txt
You are in the middle of a conflicted merge.
How do I abandon my changes to the file and keep only the pulled changes?
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How can I see the differences between two branches?
How can I see the differences between branches branch_1 and branch_2?
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`git fetch` a remote branch
The remote repository contains various branches such as origin/daves_branch:
$ git branch -r
origin/HEAD -> origin/master
origin/daves_branch
origin/master
How do I switch to daves_branch in the ...
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