I am working on a Git branch that has some broken tests, and I would like to pull (merge changes, not just overwrite) these tests from another branch where they are already fixed. I know I can do git pull origin that_other_branch but this will attempt to merge lots of other files, for that I … Read more
I have a CENTRAL bare repository that has three developer repositories pulling and pushing to it normally. I also have two other repositories that pull from the CENTRAL bare repo: one is the live server, and the other is a test/stage server—each pulling from its own respective branch. The scenario is this: I have a … Read more
This question already has answers here: Issue on adding SSH key to GitHub (8 answers) Closed 11 months ago. The community reviewed whether to reopen this question 9 months ago and left it closed: Original close reason(s) were not resolved I was using a username password for pushing my code. It was working for several … Read more
git pull –help says: In its default mode, git pull is shorthand for git fetch followed by git merge FETCH_HEAD. What is this FETCH_HEAD and what is actually merged during git pull? 7 Answers 7
When I try to pull in my project directory in the terminal, I see the following error: harsukh@harsukh-desktop:~/Sites/branch1$ git pull origin master U app/config/app.php U app/config/database.php U app/routes.php Pull is not possible because you have unmerged files. Please, fix them up in the work tree, and then use ‘git add/rm <file>’ as appropriate to mark … Read more
Full message: error: Ref refs/remotes/origin/user is at 3636498c2ea7735fdcedc9af5ab3c8689e6abe77 but expected a21359c6cc2097c85775cde6a40105f4bd7100ec From github.com:{github project url} ! a21359c..6273ffc user -> origin/user (unable to update local ref) 18 Answers 18
Another question says that git pull is like a git fetch + git merge. But what is the difference between git pull and git fetch + git rebase? 2 Answers 2
I’m trying to pull code from my GitHub repo onto my server, but the pull keeps failing because of merge conflicts. I don’t want to keep any of the changes that may have occurred on my local server since the last pull. So is there a way I can force Git to overwrite with whatever … Read more
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 pull their “foo” into a new branch also named “foo” in my repo? I understand they could submit a pull request to me, but I’d like to initiate … Read more
I started using git sometime back and do not fully understand the intricacies. My basic question here is to find out the difference between a git pull and git pull –rebase , since adding the –rebase option does not seem to do something very different : just does a pull. Please help me with understanding … Read more
