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How do I use Notepad++ (or other) with msysgit?

How do I use Notepad++ (or any other editor besides vim) with msysgit? I tried all of the following to no avail: git ...

May 29, 2022
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SSH Private Key Permissions using Git GUI or ssh-keygen are too open

Recently I’ve been unable to clone or push to github, and I’m trying to find the root cause. This is on windows I ...

May 22, 2022
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Trying to fix line-endings with git filter-branch, but having no luck

I have been bitten by the Windows/Linux line-ending issue with git. It seems, via GitHub, MSysGit, and other sources, that the best solution ...

May 19, 2022
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How to fix “corrupted” interactive rebase?

I managed to create a little mess in my local git repository. I was trying to fix a broken commit by using the ...

May 16, 2022
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git: ‘credential-cache’ is not a git command

I followed these instructions to the letter, including the part about password caching. It seems like the instructions are wrong, because every time ...

May 15, 2022
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How do I remove msysgit’s right click menu options?

This isn’t the best programming question but lets face it, the server fault guys aren’t well versed in git, so I think its ...

May 12, 2022
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Git on Windows: How do you set up a mergetool?

I’ve tried msysGit and Git on Cygwin. Both work just fine in and of themselves and both run gitk and git-gui perfectly. Now ...

May 11, 2022
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fatal: early EOF fatal: index-pack failed

I have googled and found many solutions but none work for me. I am trying to clone from one machine by connecting to ...

May 8, 2022
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git: patch does not apply

I have a certain patch called my_pcc_branch.patch. When I try to apply it, I get following message: $ git apply --check my_pcc_branch.patch warning: ...

May 7, 2022
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Git Bash is extremely slow on Windows 7 x64

I’ve been using Git on both Windows and Ubuntu during the development of a small project, frequently flipping back and forth between the ...

May 5, 2022
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