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git-commit - Record changes to the repository along with a log message.

Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along with a log message from the user describing the changes.

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How to see which commit a git submodule points at

As far as I understand, if you add a submodule in git, then the main repo contains a pointer to a certain commit of the submodule. Is there any way to see to which commit the main repo points at for a specific submodule, without checking out the…
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git log show one commit id only

I need some help. It is possible to only show one commit id? Since git log -3 show the log from 1 - 3, I just want to show only 3. What possible command will match for it? I use the command git log -3 --pretty=format:"%h" the result…
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How to get the last commit ID of a remote repo using curl-like command?

I want to get the last commit ID of the remote git repo. The command git rev-parse HEAD works for a locally-cloned git repo, but I want to get it from the original GIT repo by a CURL command or so. Eg: I want to get the last commit ID of the git…
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Can I edit two files then make one commit using GitHub Web-based editor?

GitHub has the nice feature of Web-based file editing. However, it seems that after editing one file I have to commit the changes for this file before continuing. Is there a way I can edit two or more files then make one commit for all the changes…
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Git commit opens blank text file, for what?

In all the Git tutorials I've read they say that you can do: git init git add . git commit When I do that I get a big text file opened up. None of the tutorials seem to address this, so I don't know what to do with the file or what to put in it if…
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Git Hub Desktop on Mac, error: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory

Trying to commit my changes by using GitHub Desktop and getting this: error: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory error: could not run gpg. fatal: failed to write commit object (128) Firstly that not worked for terminal too and i create…
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How do I get last commit date from git repository?

I need the last commit date in git. This means the latest update date in my program. I used the command : $ git log -1 but this command will give me the date from the local repository. Rather I need date from remote repository. I tried some…
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Git & Intellij, How do I commit only parts of a changed file

I can't seem to commit only a fraction of the changes in a file, it seems to be all of the file or nothing, I'm using Git with Intellij, is it possible? Thanks.
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Pull-Request for only certain files/commits

I have a repository that is forked from GitHub that has a few modifications made to it. However, in a certain commit, a few files were changed that I want to submit a pull-request for, leaving the other modified files out of the request. Do pull…
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Standard to follow when writing git commit messages

I find myself managing very many files (over 60 but below 70) and my commit messages so far follow this pattern: when I have added something like on layout.css, my commit message is "added something on layout.css file", and when I remove something,…
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Git still showing deleted files after a commit

How can I remove deleted files from my Git repo? I've deleted a folder of a JavaScript library, which contained many files. I then went to commit the changes like so: git add . git commit "message" git status But it shows all those files as…
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Why does git fail to fetch specific valid submodule for a given commit and how to fix it?

I have a git repo which has another one as a submodule dependency. In the root of my project (where the .git, .gitsubmodules etc. are) I called git submodule update This failed with the following message: Fetched in submodule path 'src/framework',…
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Graphics in GitHub commit messages

How to add graphics/image in git commit messages (pushed to Github)?
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How to rollback everything to previous commit

Recently in a project with multiple people, a commit was made as seen in the image below. Marked in red you can see a commit with the description/comment of 'Merge?'. This commit added numerous files and altered numerous others and was never…
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How to see commits that were merged in to a merge commit?

If my-feature-branch was merged into my-main-branch, how can I see what commits were merged in from my-feature-branch?
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