git-gui

Which is the better commit tool, qct or hgct/gct?

I'm an experienced git user now working with people who use Mercurial. I really miss 'git gui' for helping me with my commits. I see that two tools, qct and hgct, both support Mercurial. The things I like best about git gui is that it shows all uncommitted files (and untracked files) and makes it easy for me to add whole files or indi...

What is a Git Revision Expression?

So, I am using Git GUI to make a repository. But I cant find ANY trace on Google, the Documentation, or anywhere else what a 'Revision Expression' is, and it is required to create a new Branch. Also, it seems that this is used many other places in the program, so I belive it is important to know. I did find a question on this on Stack...

Removing files saying "old mode 100755 new mode 100644" from unstaged changes in git

For some reason, when I initially did a pull from the repository for a git project of mine. I got a ton of files in my working copy that have no discernible changes made to them, but keep showing up in my unstaged changes area. I'm using Git Gui on Windows xp, and when I go to look at the file to see what has changed. All I see is ......

how to set desired language in git-gui ?

Hi, I recently came to git for a project I participate to. I found git gui rather handy (under OSX Snow Leopard) to srtat with but I would much like if it were not localized (in French, in my case). Is there preference or hack to have git gui displayed in english ? Thanks in advance, Julien ...

git checkout revision of a file in git gui

Is there a good way to checkout revisions of a specific file in git gui like an add tool or something? Tried adding a new tool as: git checkout $REVISION $FILENAME But it only allows branch revisions out, not a specific commit. Is there a particular var I coud use to do that? ...

How can I force the repository chooser in git gui

I put my home directory under version control and if I start git-gui now from my Gnome panel I can only work on this repository. There is no longer this dialog that lets me browse for or enter a repository location or pick one that I used before. I could not find an according commandline or .gitconfig switch. How can I force git-gui to...

Dumb git gui question (Windows)

I have a ton of new files to commit. Clicking each one to stage is annoying. How can I can I commit a whole bunch of files at once? ...

git-gui disagrees with git status: why?

I am just learning git, using git version 1.6.0.4. Created an eclipse wkspace, with a couple of projects in it. Created a git repos at the workspace root, using cli. Using cli added the two projects to git - at this point git status shows the following bwinspur@elm:~/ca.wydv.workspaces/008-leaning-group/git-lrng-wksp$ git status # O...

git-gui: Moving keyboard focus to "changed files"

I'm trying to use my computer with keyboard only, without touching the mouse. In git-gui, how do I move the keyboard focus to the list of changed files, so I can stage them (Ctrl-T) one-by-one? I know I can stage all changed files with Ctrl-I, but it doesn't work for staging newly created files. ...

GIT: How to get rid of the annoying CRLF message on msysgit (windows)?

Practically everytime I stage a textfile (that's most of em), I get the message from git gui (I use msysgit) that It replaced (or is about to) line endings with CRLF's. Obviously I want that (and there's a setting for it huraah), but I don't want the annoying message popped up all the time! Any way to keep the setting, but turn off/disa...

How do you undo a hard reset in Git Gui or Gitk on Windows?

I'm using Git Gui and Gitk on Windows. How do I undo a hard reset from within the past two hours? (Is it possible to do this from these applications, without using the command line?) I saw this SO post, which says that undos are possible before git's garbage collection occurs. I might have quit and reopened one or both of these applica...