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Multiple SSH keys with Pageant, wrong user picked up when accessing GitHub

I have two GitHub accounts (one professional and one personal). GitHub forces us to use different SSH keys on different accounts, presumably because it uses SSH keys not only for authentication but ...
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How to display local repository content?

I am new to github stuff. Currently using git bash as a CLI to communicate to remote repository I am working on. For now I do comprehend differences in between working directory and local repository ...
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Find commit that first added a particular line of code on Github

I would like to find the commit that added the following lines of code to solver.cpp for the deep learning library caffe, which is hosted on Github. I am not a contributor or have any special ...
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What does "cloning a repository" mean, and why is it claimed to be a necessary step to install this PHP library?

Usage After cloning this repository (git clone https://github.com/naneau/php-obfuscator) and installing the dependencies through Composer (composer install), run the following command to ...
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Installing Python Chromagnon for OSX Terminal to extract/restore Google Chrome tabs

I saw this suggestion posted here https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/19500/tool-to-read-data-from-google-chrome-snss-files/19501 but am not sure how to install it for OSX. I'm looking to ...
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Permission denied (publickey). Could not read from remote repository

I am using android studio 3.6 and i can't find the SSH executable option when i navigate to file >> settings >> Version Control >> Git. I am getting this error when i try to push a project to github: ...
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Git overwrote local with remote when reverting a push

Using github desktop I committed and tried to push local code to master. I hadn't been updating the remote repo much so my local version had about 2 months worth of work. I made the commit and tried ...
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Can not clone any git repository from github

Since the update to OS X 10.9.2 I am not able to clone any git repository from github.com If I run the git clone command I get the following error: git clone https://github.com/davedelong/...
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Unable to open github.com Error code: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit with a wired connection. For the last 7 days, I have been unable to open Github. It instead has an error. Is there anything wrong with my connection / hardware / ...
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Disable github focus search bar shortcut

As is described in Github - keyboard shortcuts, s is a shortcut for focusing the search bar. Is it possible to disable that feature?
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Jenkins and Github Enterprise 2.17 failing Pull Request builds only

My company just upgraded out GHE instance to 2.17 and I am having a hell of a time with Jenkins now. Up until the upgrade everything worked, but now whenever a pull request is built, I get the ...
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Is it safe to clean out upstream branches in a forked repository?

When I fork a repository all of the branches from the upstream repository come with it. Sometimes there are an overwhelming number of upstream branches when I only really care about the branches I'm ...
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Github says Pages shouldn't be used for sending passwords or credit card information. Why?

They say: GitHub Pages sites shouldn't be used for sensitive transactions like sending passwords or credit card numbers. This, even though they officially support HTTPS. See this scenario: I'm ...
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How can I delete old commits in Github via terminal?

I have a repository. How can I delete my old commits via terminal? My SSH key is uploaded. (I'm using github pages, that's why version tracking is not important, don't want to waste Github's ...
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Why my commit's come from signed out github acc? How to log out completely?

I am using windows 10 pro. I need to make commits from my friends github acc, so I remove github credential from credential manager, when I log in with my friend's account, but what I get is ...
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How to host GitHub repository on an organization without losing my name?

Is it possible to have a github project/repository be under my name and also have it part of an organization? For example, hosting my project under an organization would give it the name https://...
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How to set path to file location in powershell if the file is located in github. (File is a csv)

I want to run a jenkins job using a powershell located in github. Calling the powershell script is successful. Now, a script uses Import-csv. The csv has been uploaded to github. How to reference ...
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How to clone a local network git repository

I am trying to clone a local git repository in my local network. I did C:\ClonedRepo> git clone \\192.168.0.73\Corporate Files\Git Repo\LMS\ The LMS folder is the repository. I also tried C:\...
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Git push failing with Fatal: HttpRequestException encountered

lt is really strange that when l try to use git push today,error reports Fatal: HttpRequestException encountered and requires me to enter username and password. l have tried git pull and git clone ...
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Github - SSH permisson for operations

Good morning, magicians, I have just booted my machine to windows due to gaming issues (unnecessary information), and require github for programming work. I followed the standard procedure for ...
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edx video doenloader issue with edx-dl a github project

I want to download all edx course's lecture using **edx-dl**. I already install the latest version of python on my system Windows-7 (32-bit). I use python edx-dl.py -u [email protected] --...
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Gitlab Repository Recovery Issue

I am so confused and don’t know what to do. I configured my Gitlab locally on ubuntu 18.02 and upload my projects there. Now, I got a problem in my ubuntu O.S, so I needed to fresh install Ubuntu. In ...
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Windows gradle build failed

I am trying to compile this code from Github (https://github.com/CCAFS/csa_compendium). I downloaded gradle. When I try to run it from the command line, I get the following error: Could not create ...
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Can git be used to download a GitHub release attachment?

I need a tool for downloading GitHub release attachments at end-user machine. I only know that it has git installed.
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How do I make a GitHub repository into an exe?

I know this is going to sound so dumb because I am new into software developing. I have found this GitHub repository which I plan to modify. Let's just say I fork this repository and modify it. How ...
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Fixing git appended to file names

I had to work on a corrupted git repo recently, and after fixing it, many of my file names have been changed (ie. file.txt -> file (bf800a19).txt; or file.py -> file (418d7abf).py) I'm guessing that ...
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Apply" Github automated security fixes" to a different branch?

Github recently released automated security fixes. However, they always attempt to merge fixes to master, we have a strict policy of only merging to master after QA testing, so instead would rather it ...
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deployment failed using AzureDevops

I'm followin this Azure Devops lab: https://azuredevopslabs.com/labs/vstsextend/github-azurepipelines/#task-4-embedding-automated but when I'm deploying the app this error appears: There were ...
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Jenkins-X "ERROR: Node is not a Kubernetes node"

I am trying to set up an Kubernetes cluster on AWS EKS using Jenkins-X. After setting up the cluster, when I try to build the application I get the below error: Branch indexing 08:55:40 Connecting to ...
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Configuration/Plugin to format java code in gitlab

I am using gitlab to commit/synchronize my java code. I am my standard xml file to format maven java code. I have configured pre-commit hook which works perfectly ok. It formats the code and push it ...
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How can I Resync a fork from original

I just forked a project in Github. I made modifications and sent a pull request. The owner merged my fork with the main project and after that he made some modifications. So for now my fork is not ...
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Error pushing to Github

After doing git init, git add ., and git commit, pushing to Github gives this error: HOLLYs-MacBook-Pro-2:Thankful dylanknight$ git push origin master remote: Repository not found. fatal: repository ...
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Github error: local repository cannot be resolved to branch?

I know this has been brought up before, but for some reason I keep getting this error when trying to do git push origin random to sync to Github. It was working fine before, and I suspect it has ...
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How to get GitHub account to show up on Google search [duplicate]

My question is the same as in the link provided below but when I go to Google Search Console it asks me to verify my Github profile https://github.com/[xyz] by inserting an HTML file. I am unsure ...
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Why are there two locations for my github python package?

I use a python package that I installed from Github. I installed it on a remote university machine. I think I might have perhaps screwed up the installation in the past / put it in the wrong location ...
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How do I remove bookmarked repositories from my GitHub's home list?

When I open my homepage in GitHub I see a useful list of all the repositories I'm a collaborator of, but I also see two other repositories marked with the icon of a bookmark. I had cloned them a ...
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Git add file to repository but not control it

I have a git repository where I define the workflow (scripts + documentation) for setting up a database: from data download to data format to data publication. As a result of the download stage, I ...
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How to add existing project (locally in my computer) to a new repository, using vscode

i have an existing Java script project on my own laptop, could someone tell me how can i add it to new git hub repository, using vs code, thank you.
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Atom download takes me to Github, doesn't download application

I'm attempting to install Atom on Mac, but when I click "download" on the atom.io site it takes me to Github. I have installed Atom on other devices, and I remember that this would normally just ...
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git branch command not working, but other command do

I have a strange behavior with my installation of Git. The usual Git commands work normally: init, add, commit, push, pull, but when I type any command related to branch, it reported: C:\Program ...
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Error when creating repository using GitHub Desktop app

I messed up the previous repository and then I deleted it from GitHub. When I try to create one locally using GitHub Desktop app, I am getting an error saying some files are too large:
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Github Branch Creation Data from API

I want to analyze open source software collaborations. For my purposes I need to get the approximate point in time when a branch was created, even if it was merged afterwards. Is there a way to get ...
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Branch disappeared from local repo after commit

I was on a local feature branch and did 'git add .' and then 'git commit -m [my message describing the commit]' then I tried to 'git push origin [branch_name]' which, even though there is no remote ...
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Combining several, tagged static files into one GitHub tracked file

I've recently come into management of an old GitHub repo and am trying to get it up to standards. The Repo has a code folder, which contains each 'version' of the code, these have not been modified in ...
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Aptana 3 beta - Git user name/email set with no effect on push

I've recently been forced to switch from Ubuntu over to Windows XP for my university studies and have installed the Aptana Studio 3 beta which looks good. I set it up with portable Git and have set my ...
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How to extract source code from git pack file?

I have an archived git repository in tar.gz format containing .pack file in object folder. How can I extract source code from it?
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How do I create a new remote repository in my github account with PowerShell?

How can I create a new remote repository from the PowerShell cmd line? I can make a local repository from PS and I can make a remote repository from the desktop app or the web page, so how can I make ...
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Tools to create a 'GitHub' style index page for files/folder on a fileserver?

My workplace doesn't have a document management system. People just throw files on a shared fileserver, where search doesn't really work. Trying to find information/files for a particular project by ...
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"This branch is 6 commits ahead of original:master" but 0 changed files

I am trying to resolve an issue with old commits persisting through new pull requests from my personal forked repo to the original repo. I am using the GitHub website, not command line. When I look ...
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Full github issue and project board integration for IntelliJ IDEA

I recently found out that apart from just simply pushing/pulling from a github repo from within IntelliJ IDEA, you can also create pull requests and create tasks and change lists based on issues on ...

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