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 delete all files > 1 Mb from the history (but keep them in the repository)
I have a repository with many big files (psd, exe, pdf, etc.) and everytime I commit an update of thoses files the git .pack file grow drastiquelly to keep the history. How can I delete all files > 1mb from the history but keep them in the…
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How can I change all commits of another user, "X" to another user, "Y"
I am looking out for a way to change the commit histories on a project whereby the commit by user "X" is changed to commits made by user "Y".
Is that in any way possible?
The possible or similar solution I saw was this, git commit --amend…
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Eclipse commits not showing up on Git Contributions
I am currently going trying to learn java, and my IDE is Eclipse. I connected my Github account and am easily able to push/pull etc. Everything is working great, except for the fact that my commits are not coming up on my Contributions.
I think I…
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How do I check if an old commit of a deleted branch that has been merged exists in develop?
Basically, I'm trying to write a script that ensures that a certain commit has been merged.
When i try to execute the command git branch --contains 0871b8479e6332ee3bd7a1ea9ea5b53795c3b3c5 in my terminal, I face the following error:
no such commit…
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Establish which version/tag a commit contributes to
In a commit based research for Software Engineering, the first task I've been asked to do is to link every commit to a version. So, per say, every commit that happened between version 1.1 to 1.2 would be seen as 1.1.
Now, to do so, I got all tags…
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Why I need small Git commit every time?
I am a newbie and please forgive me if this is a valid question.
I am learning git and reading best practices from here https://acompiler.com/git-best-practices
My question is why does atomic commit?
If I am working on a story and it takes 10 days…
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How to delete/clear old commit history from pull request?
After a pull request and merge from my remote origin branch to upstream, I deleted the branch from my remote, but I rename the local branch and keep working on it (which I think is the reason why I messed up). When I commit this local branch to…
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How do I commit to my README file on Gitpod?
Please pardon my possibly quite simple question. But how do I commit my changes to my README file on Gitpod? When I do git add . and then git commit -m "text" it just says "nothing to commit, working tree clean"?
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Main Parent directory showing commit-message of sub-directories(changing its with commit message with latest commit every time)
My question is simple : Why is the parent directory changing it's commit message with the latest commit message I did on any sub-directory or any file inside that parent directory?
Is it possible for the parent folder to have the exact same commit…
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Will git revert on my last commit that failed to push show me my modified files back in source control explorer?
QUESTION - If I perform a git revert on the last commit '28ea268...', will it show me my modified files again in Source Control Explorer in VS Code?
FYI - My last commit ('28ea268...') failed to push the files (see below) because of a large +100MB…
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I made changes while on the wrong branch. I haven't committed yet. How do commit my changes to the intended branch?
I'm on branch A and made changes.
The changes have not yet been added or committed.
These changes are intended for branch B.
How do I go about adding and committing these changes to branch B?
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Fetch a specific string from Git commit message in Jenkins
I am fetching git commit message from my Jenkin freestyle project by cloning the git repo, by using the below command.
git log -1 --pretty=%B ${GIT_COMMIT}
I am able to get Git commit message using this, but I want to fetch only the specific…
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Committing issues in Git
I am working on a project where I had made a few changes, committed it and pushed it, however later, I forgot about these changes, soft reset these changes and put them with my next commit, is there anyway I can recover the old commit without…
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Checkout files from a specific commit failed with space in the path
What I want to achieve is to get all updates of a specific commit 76363636 from branch1 to branch2.
I used following codes instead of just checkout this commit, as it does not fit my purpose :
git checkout branch1 $(git diff-tree --no-commit-id…
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Git - revert single commit after there have been other commits
Simple question and I don't really have code to show sorry.
In git is it possible or whats the best way to revert a commit after I have more commit after the commit I would like to revert.
If I have commits 1,2,3,4 and 5 and I want to revert commit…
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