If I check out a tagged version of my source code without creating a branch, Git indicates that I’m not associated with any branch at all. It’s happy to let me make changes and check them in though. Where do those changes go? If I switch back to ‘master’ they disappear (overwritten by what was … Read more
Let’s say I make a mistake in my first push to a remote Git repository. Can I somehow revert this so that the repository is back to it’s initial state? I don’t have access to the remote machine, so deleting .git directory is not possible. The problem, as far as I can see is that … Read more
I’m using the following sources to expunge some large files and directories from my repository: http://dound.com/2009/04/git-forever-remove-files-or-folders-from-history/ Why is my git repository so big? git filter-branch only seems to work on the current branch – is there a way to apply it to all branches at once? Answer The solution is simple: git filter-branch [options] — … Read more
I am getting this message: First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it… each time I do a git pull –rebase origin <branch>, however I would like to discard all my work that may be replayed on top of it.. Basically I would like to rebase only the origin branch without my … Read more
I am having a hard time understanding the nuances of git-fetch. I understand that doing a fetch, fetches the remote refs into a local tracking branch. I have a few questions though: Can it be possible that a local tracking branch does not exist? If so, will it then be created automatically? What will happen … Read more
I was using Eclipse and Egit for a long time and decided to try Intellij. So far so good, except one thing… I can’t find an easy way to revert an old commit from my repo!!! In Eclipse the standard process was: Go to Git Workspace -> Click Show History(Right Click Project) -> RIght-Click on … Read more
Is there any size limit to the Git commit message? I searched trough the web but cannot find any relevant mention about this except this one. However, that one does not answer my question. Answer Empirically, I think the answer is no. This worked (that’s a ~100MB commit message): yes | head -c 100000000 | … Read more
I’d like to export from github remote repository, not cloning it. Similar to svn export, I do not want to get .git folder with it. I can work around it by cloning and removing .git folder. I wonder if there is a cleaner way? I read it somewhere you can use git archive to achieve … Read more
I’m thinking if there is a way that when I merge a branch into another branch that ALL changed files are listed in my commit message and not just the ones which were modified in both branches. This would give me a better overview of what was changed in the branch just by seeing the … Read more
is there a way where I could save the entire difference between two diff in a text file? Suppose I wanted all the changes between A1 and A10 on master branch. –A11-A10-A9-A8-A7-A6-A5-A4-A3-A2-A1-master Or, is there a way where I could get the entire diff in Terminal which I could copy+paste? Answer Sure: git diff A10..A1 … Read more
