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viewsWhat are the differences between Git, SVN and CVS?
What are the advantages, limitations and main differences between these 3 versioning systems, Git, SVN and CVS?
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viewsHow to Convert Mysql Database?
In the development of a web portal, using the git we made the control of everything that was changed at code level in the approval environment and with the Jenkins We moved the site to the…
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viewsWhat is the difference between the 'git pull' and 'git fetch' commands?
I’d like to know the difference between the commands git pull and git fetch in git versioning software.
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viewsWhat is the difference between a "branch" and a "tag"?
In Git, what is the difference between a branch and a tag?
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viewsHow do I get the project back to a specific commit?
Assuming a condition where, I have a project with 20 commits, and I decide for inexplicable reasons to go back some independent commits if I want to go back 4, 5 or 10, assuming the description of…
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viewsHow does the git rebase command work?
What happens when you rebase in the following situation: Branch master with 3 commits (A, B and C). After committing C, I created a new branch with the name design. I committed (D) to the design…
gitasked 9 years, 4 months ago Filipe Moraes 8,737 -
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viewsWhy use Git for individual development?
In 2008 I asked an OS question about version control for solo developer and received an excellent response from Jon Skeet indicating the use of SVN. Unfortunately it was recently closed and removed.…
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viewsGit warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF
I created a file called tests.html inside a folder. After typing: git add tests.html Message appeared: Warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in testes.html The file will have its original line…
gitasked 10 years ago Van Ribeiro 1,482 -
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viewsHow do I undo the last commit in Git?
I accidentally committed the wrong files to Git. How to undo this?
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viewsHow do I delete a local and remote Git branch(branch)?
I want to delete a local branch and in my remote project on Github.
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viewsIn Git, how do I edit the description of a commit already made?
In case you need to change the description of a commit, to make the description clearer, or to specify which Issue he is bound. I would like to know how to edit the message that accompanies the…
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viewsHow do I undo a "git add" before a commit?
I added by mistake arquivos using the command git add and I haven’t executed one yet git commit. There is a way to undo or remove these files from the commit?…
gitasked 9 years, 7 months ago Paulo Costa 3,976 -
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viewsHow to edit an incorrect commit message in Git?
How to edit an incorrect commit message in Git? Examples can be cited?
gitasked 9 years, 7 months ago Paulo Costa 3,976 -
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viewsHow does the merge work?
I created another branch as backup and give merge in it, suppose I’m in branch daniela3: git merge origin/develop Only my branch daniela3 will be affected or origin/develop too? I mean, I’ll be…
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viewsWhat would be the best practices for commits in Git?
There are best practices to perform commits and write comments on these commits, for better communication and understanding during the software development process?
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viewsWhat is the difference between "git init" and "git init --Bare"?
The question is very simple indeed: What is the difference between these two commands, git init and git init --bare? What is this option for --bare?…
gitasked 9 years, 4 months ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsWhat are the differences between the states of the git files (untracked, unmodified, modified, staged)?
I’d like to know what the characteristics and differences between the states of the archives during its life cycle in the git. States: untracked unmodified modified staged…
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viewsHow do I see which commits change a certain file?
I implemented a new functionality for my program in an Func1.cpp file, in the branch Func1. Then I created another feature - in the file Func2.cpp -, but I forgot to create in a branch separate…
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viewsWhat exactly does git checkout branch -- . do?
I would like to understand this command in an easier way, I did some tests but I’m not quite sure of the conclusion. I have two branches, the master branch and the new branch, and I did the test…
gitasked 8 years, 4 months ago Sérgio Mucciaccia 2,745 -
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viewsWhat’s the point of git push -u?
I’ve seen a lot of people asking questions about possible errors in GIT and noticed that sometimes it involves -u. For example Error in Android Studio 2.3 Integration with Gitlab and Error while…
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viewsWhen are branches useful in Git?
I’m studying Git and from what I’ve seen about branches I’ve basically identified two major situations where branches are useful: When we have a stable version of the code in the master branch and…
gitasked 9 years, 10 months ago SomeDeveloper 18,074 -
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viewsWhat’s a pull request for?
I am working as a team in bitbucket and I would like to know what a pull request is for. On what occasions we should use this feature.
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viewsWhat is a "dangling Object/commit" in git?
My repository has momentarily corrupted after the yesterday’s blackout in Brazil. I managed to heal the corruption (thus) and decided to run a git fsck to check the status of my local repository.…
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viewsHow do I remove a folder from Git’s history?
I started a while ago to develop a web page, which is well organized, has folders for everything, example from the root of the repository/project: account/ products/ js/ css/ img/ data/ *(pdfs e…
gitasked 11 years ago António Almeida 600 -
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viewsHow to maintain a project in 2 repositories?
I have a project and wanted to keep it in Bitbucket/Gitlab and Github at the same time. This is possible? I need them to work simultaneously so that if I want to do one push only in Bitbucket can I.…
gitasked 5 years, 10 months ago Giovanni Dias 712 -
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viewsHow to recover the previous commit?
After you have added modified file and have given commit, I had to modify the whole structure of the code, but it didn’t work and I wanted to have access to the previous code again. How do I…
gitasked 9 years, 12 months ago Van Ribeiro 1,482 -
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viewsWhat do these words mean in Git/Github: Fork, clone, track?
It’s not long since I started using Git and until this week I only used it through the Visual Studio interface. After a lot of problems with Git for the interface, I started solving some things on…
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viewsError typing GIT PUSH
I’m on my machine and want to upload the files on my local machine to my repository on github with.. I’ve already executed the commands git add, git commit and all that remains is to raise them.…
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viewsHow do I know the last commit to move the same file as my commit?
I actually read the question How do I see which commits change a certain file? It’s almost what I need, in case what I want to know is if it’s possible I get the last commit that changed any file…
gitasked 10 years, 2 months ago Felipe Avelar 9,507 -
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viewsHow do I copy commits from one branch to another?
I’m using the following workflow with git: I set a task I create a branch for her from the master Implement the task I pull on the master I merge my branch into master I push the master However, I…
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viewsDifferences between Git and Mercurial
What are the main differences, advantages and limitations of these two distributed version control systems? If anyone has practical experience in both (for example I only know the Mercurial more…
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viewsIs there a specific rule for commit messages in versioning systems like Git?
The people here where I work, for a certain period of time, used to not care about the messages that they wrote when making a git commit around here. It seems that Git was simply "a place to save…
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viewsHow do I delete commit from a branch in Git?
How can I exclude commit of a branch? I made an attempt to try and delete one commit I didn’t want to, but I ended up making the situation worse. I’m afraid to do something wrong. Git tells me to…
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viewsFatal: Not a git Repository
I created a la repository on Github and then went to play files through Git using cd C:\Users\Nikolai\Desktop\exercicios-c git remote add origin https://github.com/NikolaiCinotti/exercicios-c.git…
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viewsIs there any way to make Git ignore space-related modifications or line breaks?
I have a refactoring craze. If I see something missing or with line breaking excess, the first thing I do is fix. I’m using Visual Studio Code in a project and I use GIT to do version control. These…
gitasked 7 years ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsWhat are the differences between "soft, Mixed, hard" in git reset?
I would like to understand better what each type of reset in the git makes with the file(s) (s): Types: $ git reset --soft [commithash] $ git reset --mixed [commithash] $ git reset --hard…
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viewsHandle large files with GIT
Setting Some time ago, I tried to use GIT to restore some backups, mostly small files, git behaved very well by versioning them when the changes from one commit to another weren’t big, but on a…
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viewsHow to perform automatic pull with Git?
Imagine that I have a test environment for a web application, where there is a cloned Github repository that is directly inside the server, and any modification in it already results in a real-time…
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viewsAuto Deploy after Git Push
I use daily the Openshift to create and host applications in the clouds. One interesting thing I observe is as to the process of deploy applications hosted on this platform. deploy is preceded by…
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viewsWhat is a git submodule for?
One day I went to clone a library in the github and there was an instruction to use the command git submodule update. I’ve been working with the git and until then had no knowledge of this command.…
gitasked 8 years, 10 months ago Wallace Maxters 102,340 -
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viewsWhat’s the difference between git pull and git pull --rebase
In git I have the possibility to make a git pull origin master and a git pull --rebase origin master. I’d like to know the difference between the two.
gitasked 6 years, 9 months ago Yago Azedias 1,117 -
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viewsgit merge or rebase
When I program using git, I always use merge from my branch in master to add new code, but some graphic tools like smartgit rebase instead of merge. I must use the command rebase or merge to add my…
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viewsHow to rename a local branch in Git?
How do I rename my local Git branch? I don’t want to rename a remote branch, I want a simple way to rename my local branch.
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viewsHow does version naming work for private or public projects?
I’m developing a project that serves as bootstrap for future contributions via Git, and would like to know which version scheme is most used, say "version" relative to the state the software is,…
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viewsHow to work efficiently with branch in git?
I’m trying to define a working scheme to keep my repository on Github organized, but it is difficult to reach a solution. My "idea": I thought about keeping the branch in the remote repository…
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viewsIs it possible to integrate GIT with some task manager?
Is there any way to integrate some task manager (let’s say, Trello) where the developer, when giving a commit in his activity, makes the association of the same with some specific task? In research…
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viewsHow do I change the language of Git to English on Linux?
I’m using Git on the Linux terminal (Ubuntu), and it’s in English. In the master business Initial submission. nothing to send (create/copy files and use "git add" to register) How I can change Git…
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viewsConfigure . gitignore to not upload certain files
I am developing a project. Net and would like to add some files to not go up on Github through the .gitignore. I started researching about and saw some solutions, of which I did not understand. So…
gitasked 7 years, 3 months ago gabrielgrs 457 -
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viewsgit fetch: "inflate: data stream error" and "SHA1 COLLISION FOUND WITH"
I have on my machine a copy of the repository for work, another for maintenance and a third just to resolve conflicts of merge request. The external repository is in the https://gitlab.com In the…
gitasked 7 years, 1 month ago Jefferson Quesado 22,370 -
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viewsWhat is the importance of README.Md in Git?
I have some doubt about the use of README.Md because I have never used in any project and I want to know what is its purpose.
gitasked 6 years, 7 months ago Mike Otharan 896