After installing msysgit I have the Git Bash here option in the context menu in Windows Explorer. So I just simply navigate to the directory and then open Bash right there. I also copied the default Git Bash shortcut to the desktop and edited its Start in property to point to my project directory. It works … Read more
GitHub released a native Windows client which makes all the below steps redundant. You can also use Sourcetree to get both Git and Mercurial setup on Windows. Here is how you would do it in Windows: If you don’t have Git installed, see this article on how to set it up. Open up a Windows … Read more
You don’t have to set an environment variable anymore in Windows. With git 2.10+ (Q3 2016), you also have the possibility to set a config for GIT_SSH_COMMAND, which is easier than an environment variable (and can be set globally, or locally for a specific repo) See commit 3c8ede3 (26 Jun 2016) by Nguyễn Thái Ngọc … Read more
It all depends on exactly what you are trying to undo/revert. Start out by reading the post in Ube’s link. But to attempt an answer: Hard reset git reset –hard [HEAD] completely remove all staged and unstaged changes to tracked files. I find myself often using hard resetting, when I’m like “just undo everything like … Read more
From a blog I found: This [git-credential-cache] doesn’t work for Windows systems as git-credential-cache communicates through a Unix socket. Git for Windows Since msysgit has been superseded by Git for Windows, using Git for Windows is now the easiest option. Some versions of the Git for Windows installer (e.g. 2.7.4) have a checkbox during the … Read more
Create a .bashrc file under ~/.bashrc and away you go. Similarly for ~/.gitconfig. ~ is usually your C:\Users\<your user name> folder. Typing echo ~ in the Git Bash terminal will tell you what that folder is. If you can’t create the file (e.g. running Windows), run the below command: copy > ~/.bashrc The window will … Read more
Install Git from https://git-scm.com/download/win Open Visual Studio Code and press and hold Ctrl + ` to open the terminal. Open the command palette using Ctrl + Shift + P. Type – Select Default Profile Select Git Bash from the options Click on the + icon in the terminal window The new terminal now will be … Read more
First, please use git rev-parse –show-toplevel to check if the output is git-practice directory. If it is, that means you are working on this repo. Then work with the git repo in git-practice folder. You can use git add README.txt or git add . to make the new file README.txt as staged. Finally use git … Read more
You should not use git branch when writing scripts. Git provides a “plumbing” interface that is explicitly designed for use in scripting (many current and historical implementations of normal Git commands (add, checkout, merge, etc.) use this same interface). The plumbing command you want is git for-each-ref: git for-each-ref –shell \ –format=”git log –oneline %(refname) … Read more
Update: Version v1.60.0 had a bug. Upgrade to v1.60.1 or higher for a fix. The bug manifested in the following symptoms: The Open in Integrated Terminal shortcut-menu command in the Explorer pane’s shortcut always uses the built-in default shell (PowerShell on Windows), ignoring the configured one. The same goes for running tasks (with or without … Read more