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commiting to git repo from a second machine [Github]

Hi, I am new to git. I could setup my git repository and started to using it a couple of days ago. (I am using Github) Now I want to be able to commit from my other computer, so I setup git, try git clone [email protected] but I got The authenticity of host 'github.com (207.97.___.___)' can't be established. RSA key fingerpri...

I am not able to push on git?

git push origin master shows an error failed to push some refs to '[email protected]:xyz/abc.git' To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected Merge the remote changes before pushing again. See the 'Note about fast-forwards' section of 'git push --help' for details. What is this? How to recover thi...

Git with 2 developers

Hi everyone, If I'm working with one other developer on the same project, but where we each have our own areas of work (which overlap, but not frequently) how would you recommend we set up git? ...

git : how to specify a default remote push-to branch ?

Suppose I have a tracking branch named 'abc' which tracks origin/master. When I'm on 'abc' and do a git push, it pushes 'abc' to 'abc'. How do I specify the remote push branch for it with just a 'git push'? ...

Git : List all un merged changes in git

Creating a branch for various topics, and not regularly deleting them when I don't need them any more, I have now ended up with about 50 branches ;) I tried deleting branches and some of them have unmerged changes. What I want is the ability to see exactly what changes are there in any branch on my repo that are not in the master. Is t...

How to move Git repositories and minimize downtime

I will be moving Git repositories from an older SCM server to a new one. My main concern (other than fidelity, of course) is to minimize downtime. Here is my plan: On the new machine, clone each repository using git clone --mirror Copy over repo hooks for each repository Disallow access to old server (we use gitosis, so remove access f...

git and binary file

I'm playing with git in order to check if I can use it for my next project. I need to ask how git deal with binary files. Do I have to set something to tell git if some files are binary, just like svn? Or, git just can handle binary data automatically? If I change the binary file, so that I have 100 binary revisions, git just stores al...

how to undo a checkout in git?

i just checked out an earlier commit from my local git repo. I haven't made any changes to it, I was just looking at it. Now I want to go back to my latest commit - how do I do that? Thanks! EDIT: exact command I used to check it out git checkout e5dff6b3c5d704f9b598de46551355d18235ac08 Now when I type git log, at the top I see thi...

What's the best way to transfer a GIT-SVN debug->feature branch to trunk?

I've got a trunk setup where all my production code goes. Then I have a debug branch (parent is trunk) which I add debugging code such as logging, var dumps, etc... this should never be in production. This branch rarely changes. Lastly I have a feature branch (parent is debug) where I do all my coding with the benefits of debugging. Th...

File permission issue with Mac/Windows when using git

I ran the following code to pull files from windows git repository. git pull /Volumes/sucho/Desktop/git/setup And I connect the Windows directory as follows. tell application "Finder" mount volume "cifs://WINDOWS/c$/Users/sucho" as user name "USR" with password "PW" end tell It works well, but the problem is the pulled files fr...

Ignoring files already in a repo WITHOUT deleting them

Let's say I have a .noise file in the root of my repository. This file is frequently modified and committed to the remote repo by others on my team. I want to completely ignore this file while I'm committing anything myself, but I still want to pull in the changes from the others, and I don't want to delete the file. If I use .git/info...

How to setup PC and Mac for using git.

I use git both for Mac and PC. When pulling Mac's git from PC, it's easy as I can use ssh. git clone smcho@prosseek:~/smcho/setup The problem happens the other way round : to pull from Mac. I guess there are two ways to go. Method 1 : Connect to server By using 'connect to server' in Mac, I can make PC's directory like that of Mac....

Git clients over a network drive

If I have a network drive with a git repo checkout, for example, samba drive on a windows machine (A) connected to Linux machine (B) where the local checkout is. Is there a way for clients on A - who can see the drive - to do git operations through the the ssh access defined on B? ...

Replace git's SHA with an index

My colleague pointed out lately, that SVN refers to its commits with unique numbers. If I want to refer to a commit in Git, I know that I just have to copy a few of the SHA's digits, but even if a project has some thousands of commits, an increasing number would be easier to remember or even type. Is it possible to let git list its comm...

deriving version numbers from a git repository

we have a build system that uses the svn ID as an imput to a VM builder appliance that required a five digit number. When I build from git I have been faking this by counting the number of commits in the git repo. This only sort-of-works :-/ I'm tyring to figure out: how can I get a unique 5 digit number from the git repo. ...

Merge conflicts ruin my commit message while squashing commits

My usual workflow with git is to create a new feature branch, do some work with frequent commits, and then merge back into the development branch when the feature is working and/or stable. Usually, when I do git merge --squash feature-branch, I get a nice "squashed commit of the following" message that auto-populates with all of the co...

Git Setup (remote and local repo) advice needed

I bought a personal dev box which I will use for deploying stuff I create on my laptop. I thought it would be a good idea to use Git for code management. The idea was that I will keep committing on my laptop and when needed, will push the changes to the remote dev box. I initialized a Git repo on the box and cloned it on my laptop. ...

Hide password when checking config file in git.

Possible Duplicates: What is the best practice for dealing with passwords in github? How can I track system-specific config files in a repo/project? Hi, I would like to hide DATABASE_NAME = '' DATABASE_USER = '' DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' DATABASE_HOST = '' Line 13 to 17 of the default Django settings.py file when checking...

Get collections of diffs

Hello, I have project on github.com. All summer i made commits. Now i need to get all pathes. I know that i can: git log -p > project.path But this variant write all pathes in one file. How can i make: I have 3 files in github repository: test.c test1.c test2.c How can i get 3 files with all pathes? test.diff test1.diff test2...

find all unreferred commit in git?

I suspect I have performed an incorrect amendment (B') of last commit (B), which cause all my work in the last commit (B) gone. A | B [master] amend to A / | B B' [master] I think if I haven't do any git gc, my original "correct" commit (B) should still in the repository. However, because it is not referred dir...