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How to test a merge without actually merging first

Is there any way of simulating a git merge between two branches, the current working branch and the master, but without making any ...

May 30, 2022
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How can I reset or revert a file to a specific revision?

I have made some changes to a file which has been committed a few times as part of a group of files, but ...

May 30, 2022
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Merging without whitespace conflicts

I’ve got a problem, where a large commit which changes about a thousand lines of code, removing whitespace from the end of lines ...

May 30, 2022
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What is the difference between Forking and Cloning on GitHub?

I’d like to know the differences between doing a Fork of a project and doing a clone of it. Can I only send ...

May 30, 2022
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How to shrink the .git folder

My current base has a total size of approx. 200MB. But my .git folder has an amazing size of 5GB (!). Since I ...

May 30, 2022
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Track a new remote branch created on GitHub

I have already got a local master branch tracking the remote master branch of a github project. Now, a collaborator of mine has ...

May 30, 2022
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What’s the difference between git reflog and log?

The man page says that log shows the commit logs and reflog manages reflog information. What exactly is reflog information and what does ...

May 30, 2022
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Output of git branch in tree like fashion

Right now, when I type “git branch” it lists my branches in an arbitrary order. What I would prefer would be if “git ...

May 30, 2022
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Can I make a pull request on a gist on GitHub?

Can I make a pull request on some else’s gist on GitHub? I’m aware of the fork, clone and commit workflow for a ...

May 30, 2022
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Github: Import upstream branch into fork

I have a fork (origin) from a project (upstream) on github. Now the upstream project has added a new branch, I want to ...

May 30, 2022
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