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Move existing, uncommitted work to a new branch in Git
Move existing, uncommitted work to a new branch in Git I started some work on a new feature and after coding for a bit, I decided this feature should be on its own branch. How do I move the existing u...
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- 9 Oct at 05:1
How do I create a new Git branch from an old commit?
How do I create a new Git branch from an old commit? > [Branch from a previous commit using Git](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2816715/branch-from-a-previous-commit-using-git) I have a Git bran...
Remove tracking branches no longer on remote
Remove tracking branches no longer on remote Is there a simple way to delete all tracking branches whose remote equivalent no longer exists? Example: Branches (local and remote) - - - - - Locally, I o...
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- 13 Aug at 13:38
How to replace master branch in Git, entirely, from another branch?
How to replace master branch in Git, entirely, from another branch? I have two branches in my Git repository: 1. master 2. seotweaks (created originally from master) I created `seotweaks` with the int...
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- 19 Aug at 18:8
How to pull remote branch from somebody else's repo
How to pull remote branch from somebody else's repo I've got a project hosted on GitHub which somebody has forked. On their fork, they've created a new branch "foo" and made some changes. How do I pul...
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- 5 Feb at 09:10
How to download a branch with git?
How to download a branch with git? I have a project hosted on GitHub. I created a branch on one computer, then pushed my changes to GitHub with: Now I am on a different computer, and I want to downloa...
Renaming branches remotely in Git
Renaming branches remotely in Git If there is a repository that I only have `git://` access to (and would usually just push+pull), is there a way to rename branches in that repository in the same way ...
How do I merge my local uncommitted changes into another Git branch?
How do I merge my local uncommitted changes into another Git branch? How can I do the following in Git? My current branch is branch1 and I have made some local changes. However, I now realize that I a...
Create Git branch with current changes
Create Git branch with current changes I started working on my branch thinking that my task would be easy. After a while I realized it would take more work and I want to do all this work in a new bran...
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- 11 Apr at 11:40
What are the differences between git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone?
What are the differences between git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone? I want to understand the difference between a branch, a fork and a clone in Git? Similarly, what does it mean when I ...
Push commits to another branch
Push commits to another branch Is it possible to commit and push changes from one branch to another. Assume I commited changes in and want to push them to . From , is it valid to do: And then reset BR...
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- 7 Jul at 12:29
How to commit my current changes to a different branch in Git
How to commit my current changes to a different branch in Git Sometimes it happens that I make some changes in my working directory, and I realize that these changes should be committed in a branch di...
Find out which remote branch a local branch is tracking
Find out which remote branch a local branch is tracking > [How can I see which Git branches are tracking which remote / upstream branch?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4950725) How can I find ...
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- 16 Mar at 00:55
Cleaning up old remote git branches
Cleaning up old remote git branches I work from two different computers (A and B) and store a common git remote in the dropbox directory. Let's say I have two branches, master and devel. Both are trac...
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- 14 Apr at 11:32
Rename master branch for both local and remote Git repositories
Rename master branch for both local and remote Git repositories I have the branch `master` which tracks the remote branch `origin/master`. I want to rename them to `master-old` both locally and on the...
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- 17 Apr at 18:24
Git: Merge a Remote branch locally
Git: Merge a Remote branch locally I've pulled all remote branches via `git fetch --all`. I can see the branch I'd like to merge via `git branch -a` as remotes/origin/branchname. Problem is it is not ...
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- 23 Jul at 11:4
master branch and 'origin/master' have diverged, how to 'undiverge' branches'?
master branch and 'origin/master' have diverged, how to 'undiverge' branches'? Somehow my `master` and my `origin/master` branch have diverged. I actually don't want them to diverge. How can I view th...
Git "error: The branch 'x' is not fully merged"
Git "error: The branch 'x' is not fully merged" Here are the commands I used from the master branch Then I made some changes to my files, committed the changes, and pushed the new branch to GitHub. La...
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- 21 Aug at 18:53
Git: Find the most recent common ancestor of two branches
Git: Find the most recent common ancestor of two branches How to find the most recent common ancestor of two Git branches?
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- 10 Nov at 12:33
fetch in git doesn't get all branches
fetch in git doesn't get all branches I have cloned a repository, after which somebody else has created a new branch, which I'd like to start working on. I read the manual, and it seems dead straight ...
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- 11 Jan at 15:12
How to keep a branch synchronized/updated with master?
How to keep a branch synchronized/updated with master? At the moment git is doing my head in, I cannot come up with the best solution for the following. There are two branches, one called and one call...
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- 9 Apr at 00:28
Git merge hotfix branch into feature branch
Git merge hotfix branch into feature branch Let’s say we have the following situation in Git: 1. A created repository: mkdir GitTest2 cd GitTest2 git init 2. Some modifications in the master take plac...
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- 15 Apr at 07:41
What is the difference between origin and upstream on GitHub?
What is the difference between origin and upstream on GitHub? What is the difference between `origin` and `upstream` on [GitHub](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub)? When a `git branch -a` command is...
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- 3 Jul at 22:46
How can I copy the content of a branch to a new local branch?
How can I copy the content of a branch to a new local branch? I have worked on a local branch and also pushed the changes to remote. I want to revert the changes on that branch and do something else o...
How do I create a master branch in a bare Git repository?
How do I create a master branch in a bare Git repository? (Folder is created with git-ish files and folders inside) (Okay, so I can't use git status with a bare repo; makes sense I guess) (Nothing, it...
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- 3 Aug at 10:24