Questions tagged [github]
Git repository hosting service - May be better on Web Apps or Stack Overflow
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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:
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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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"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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git gh-pages deployment permissions error “Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository”
EDIT: POSSIBLE FIX
In addition to the answers submitted, anyone with this error/same issue could also try running the command $ ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa. This seems to work for me any time I need to get ...
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Github: why do I appear twice on every commit?
Whenever I commit something, it shows up a commit message on GitHub as follows:
I am working with Intellij-IDEA (in case this is relevant).
Questions:
Why does my name "Bernhard" appear twice? Note ...
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How to setup multiple id_rsa.pub on my centos server?
I have this legacy server with CentOS release 6.6 (Final), w/ git version git version 1.7.1
I need to pull on it different Github projects.
Access to server is shared by multiple persons via a common ...
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Deleting repositories on GitHub [closed]
Can someone please help me delete a repository I have created as a test repository on GitHub. I am using the Android FastHub application.
Thank you for your help.
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How do I cancel my Github LFS subscription?
A long time ago I decided to try github lfs. It didn't seem to help much, so I did what I thought would cancel it, but apparently it did not work. I would like to know how to cancel a github lfs ...
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How do I configure Heroku to use a GitHub PAT
I'm working with Heroku, Node and GitHub.
I've created a PAT (Personal Access Token) in GitHub. And I would like to use it to install a private repository on GitHub.
The Node package.json file has a ...
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Transfer ownership of Github repo to someone who has forked it
I have forked a repo on Github and made my own modified version of the code. After helping out the original repo's dev with some code, he's ready to retire from it himself and wants to transfer ...
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Github desktop not allowing push to github repository owned by myself
I connected my gitHub repository to gitHub desktop and have it running through IntelliJ. Everything works fine on IntelliJ; it allows me to add files and class no problem. Then when I update and and ...
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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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Cannot ping github.com
From time to time I have an issue to access gihub.com from ONLY one computer in my home network either through the web browser or just simply using ping/tracert command
My computer is Windows 7, ...
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Get changes from non accepted pull request from someones repo
Is it possible to get changes from pull request of somebones repo. I've tried to contact with owner of this repo, but he is inactive from last year.
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Proving that I own the private key associated to a public key
After changing job, I have lost access to my former professional GitHub account. To prove that the account is indeed mine, GitHub is asking me this:
If you have access to any of the private SSH ...
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git push origin master not working
I created a new repository on github, and linked it with my local repository using - git remote add origin (gihub-Link).
But when I am using git push origin master it is showing this-----
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What do I do with the pygame_master folder after running setup.py( OSX)?
I downloaded Pygame from GitHub because the pip3 download method resulted in high CPU usage. So after downloading it, I ran setup.py and a folder 'Pygame_master' was created in my downloads folder. ...
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git add . command not working
git add . is not working it got stuck as you can see the below image.
I am building an expo project and the directory structure is in the image.
Please help me with this problem.
I also tried git add ...
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Recover deleted file from git after commit
I committed a file to my local git and then pushed it to github.
I performed the following commands to remove that file and then pushed it to github:
git rm file.txt
git commit -m remove file.txt
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Trigger Jenkins job via Github webhook without passing username password in plain text
I have a Jenkins setup which requires a username and password for login
I am using Github webhook to trigger a build on this jenkins.
Currently I am passing username and password in the URL itself and ...
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The ControlsFX Textfields.bindAutoCompletion will not update with new parameters. Is there a solution or workaround?
I've spent a number of days researching this particular issue and used many suggested solutions such as '.dispose()' that I thought might work but have not, but nothing specifically addresses this ...
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git bash for windows seems to use wrong user name for github SSH connection
I have created a ssh key using my github email address and have added it to github:
I have also changed my git global email address to use my github email address:
but when I try to login it says ...
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Bring a local folder to remote git repo
I have a folder with all my files set up for a project.
I decided to use git on that folder, so I created on Github an empty repo.
Usually the procedure is to clone on my local disk the remote repo, ...
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Install paccache in Msys2 to clean installers storage
I mean to get rid of a large number of probably useless installers (I have currently 3.5Gb "immobilized") from my Portable Msys2 under Win10.
I will probably keep the last version, at least of some ...
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How to get the latest commit date of a file from a given github reposotiry?
Given a file in a Github repository such as https://github.com/user/project-name/blob/master/filename, and I wrote a shell script (or a function in a shell script) to download this file called ...
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Cloning a private GitHub repo using Atom
I'm trying to clone a private GitHub repo that I'm the owner of using Atom text editor. Using the GitHub:Clone command, I enter a URL like: https://github.com/orgname/reponame , and I receive an error ...
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Github community edition installed but not open properly
I am trying the install the Github lab community edition in our centos server by using steps that mentioned in the below link
https://about.gitlab.com/install/#centos-6
The installation successfully ...
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A certain obscure FOSS script made for my archaic motherboard to perform a very specific function fails to run. Can anyone please explain why?
So, I have a motherboard, MSI H81M-P33, and I have a freshly bought PWM fan. Unfortunately, my motherboard's BIOS does not allow me to reduce the RPM curve of my fans below 50%, which makes them ...
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Output console issue with Heroku and Github on vscode
I got a problem with vscode and Github extension, I have a discord bot who runs on heroku, but everytime I write on save my code (without pushing it) it sends and focus this error, so I can't write ...
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GitHub - UI allowing non-technical collaborators to edit files
I have a Github repository that only contains one file - a readme.md. I want to distribute an edit link to several non-tech-savvy collaborators, but without having to explain to them what "commit" ...
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When viewing a commit on GitHub, there is a file listed with #--># appended to it (see picture). What does it mean?
GitHub Arrow
I'm viewing the diffs introduced by a commit to a repository on GitHub, and one of the files has the file name with this mysterious (to me) string appended to it. The file name is ...
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git: 'remote-https' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. Error when cloning a repository
I experience this error whenever I try to clone a repository. The error comes regardless if the repository is private or public. As a result, I cannot clone any repository. The same error comes if I ...
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I need to find a python.exe file in either anaconda or python but am unable to do so
I'm working with a project on github that requires that I have a python.exe file because the program doesn't have python installed on it. However, I am struggling to find this file when I search for ...
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Setup auto build after push on TeamCity
I have GitHub repo and TeamCity 2018.2.1.
I have already setup periodic check of git in the TeamCity (every 30 sec). But it's not good solution for me.
I want an automatic build as soon as someone ...
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All pages under 'https://github.com' result in a 'Refused to load the stylesheet' error in Chrome
Whenever I navigate to a github page (any page under the github.com domain), the css styles fail to load. Using an alternate device on the same network works fine. The issue appears to only be with a ...
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Must you have a github account to set up a private git on your OWN server?
I wish to set up my own PRIVATE version control system using Git (not open source) for my own software project and I read a few tutorials (like https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-git-and-...
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Merging two divergent repositories on different remotes
Me and my colleague set up a new repository on both GitHub and GitLab. All was nice, but due to a misunderstanding, he was pushing to GitHub and I was pushing to GitLab. We set up rep mirroring on ...
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How to add syntax highlighting to indented code blocks using github flavored markdown
Using github flavored markdown, there are three sytnax variants for a block of code:
Fenced code blocks
```js
var user = "string"
```
Indented code blocks
var user = "string"
Html blocks ...
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Github Pages on 1&1 domain has weird behavior
I have a 1and1 domain and web server (kyleplo.com), and I want to link it with my Github Pages site (kyleplo.github.io). I followed the instructions on the Github Help website, and now it works on ...
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ca-certificates is broken or not fully installed
Running
sudo wget -O ruby-install-0.7.0.tar.gz https://github.com/postmodern/ruby-install/archive/v0.7.0.tar.gz
I get the message
ERROR: cannot verify github.com's certificate, issued by ‘CN=...
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Can not do anything with GitHub remotely
Now, my version is 10.14.3 Beta (18D32a).
Since I updated the previous version, As long as I run git clone or git push command, it will lead to:
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/user/...
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Error while connecting source code management in Jenkins
My Jenkins is installed on a remote server and I can access it through a particular URL. When I try to add source code management as git and provide the URL of my git repo, it gives me an error:
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Git : How to change repo's owner name?
I'm currently working on my last semester git project, and my teammate is the one who created the initial repo on git.
He then sent me an invitation to join the repo as a collaborator.
Currently ...
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Having difficulty uninstalling git from Windows computer
Whenever I attempt to uninstall git from the control panel, I get this error message:
Problem is, I don't know where I can download this file: unins000.exe. Can anyone help me?
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curl to download file located at github
I would like to donwload openjdk11 using cURL from github but the download stops just after few seconds, this is what I tried:
curl -o openjdk11.tar.gz https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk11-...
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Restore previous version of my comment on GitHub
I've added a comment to an issue report on GitHub. It was relatively significant with a lot of Markdown formatting in it.
Then I tried to make a minor edit in it, but due to the some bug of GitHub or ...
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