I would like to remove selected commit log entries from a linear commit tree, so that the entries do not show in the commit log. My commit tree looks something like: R–A–B–C–D–E–HEAD I would like to remove the B and C entries so that they do not show in the commit log, but changes from … Read more
I tried the following command: git commit path/to/my/file.ext -m ‘my notes’ And received an error in Git version 1.5.2.1: error: pathspec ‘-m’ did not match any file(s) known to git. error: pathspec ‘MY MESSAGE’ did not match any file(s) known to git. Is that incorrect syntax for a single file or directory commits? Answer: Arguments … Read more
I am curious about how to remove the first commit in git. What is the revision before committing any thing? Does this revision have a name or tag? 9 Answers 9
This question already has answers here: How do I revert a Git repository to a previous commit? (41 answers) Closed 7 years ago. how do i revert all my files on my local copy back to a certain commit? commit 4a155e5b3b4548f5f8139b5210b9bb477fa549de Author: John Doe <[email protected]> Date: Thu Jul 21 20:51:38 2011 -0500 This is the … Read more
Say I have a file foo.js that was committed some time ago. I would like to simply find the commit where this file was first added. After reading the answers and my own tinkering, this works for me git log –follow –diff-filter=A –find-renames=40% foo.js 4 Answers 4
I flubbed up my history and want to do some changes to it. Problem is, I have a commit with two unrelated changes, and this commit is surrounded by some other changes in my local (non-pushed) history. I want to split up this commit before I push it out, but most of the guides I’m … Read more
How to switch to specific Git commit without losing all the commits made after it? I want that local files will be changed, but commits’ database will remain intact, only the current position pointer is set to currently selected commit. I want to change files’ state to specific commit, run project and, when finished, restore … Read more
I’m trying to review a pull request on GitHub to a branch that isn’t master. The target branch was behind master and the pull request showed commits from master, so I merged master and pushed it to GitHub, but the commits and diff for them still appear in the pull request after refreshing. I’ve doubled … Read more
I ran a git pull that ended in a conflict. I resolved the conflict and everything is fine now (I used mergetool also). When I commit the resolved file with git commit file.php -m “message” I get the error: fatal: cannot do a partial commit during a merge. I had the same issue before and … Read more
Git treats lines starting with # as comment lines when committing. This is very annoying when working with a ticket tracking system, and trying to write the ticket number at the beginning of the line, e.g. #123 salt hashed passwords Git will simply remove the line from the commit message. Is there a way to … Read more
