A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git.
Questions tagged [git-gui]
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Run Git GUI and Tortoise GUI in parallel
GIT on Windows 7:
Is it possible to run GitGUI and Tortoise GIT in parallel? In a current project, some steps require me to use GitGUI, while I am used to Tortoise GIT.
Can I run them both in parallel? Especially on the same project.
If so, when I…

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Problems with _netrc, still getting clone failed
I've followed this tutorial on setting up git-gui so I can get access to google code git repositories but I am still getting clone failed. I really don't understand the problem. I have made a _netrc file and I have created a HOME environmental…

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Files unexpectedly ignored in git repo - need this behavior to stop
After a manual update of a directory, a few files are shown as ignored in my development repo. These files or file types are not listed as 'to be ignored'. How can I stop them from being ignored?

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Git remote as local
My web host has installed Git as "client" on their Linux-based (I believe Debian) web hosting servers, not as "server".
Is there a way to use GitGUI via my Windows 7 desktop computer to connect to Git installation of my web host?

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git errors sharing files among Windows and Mac
I recently had a problem wit git couldn't merge because of HEAD and these files. (Netbeans said)
So I tried doing it with Git Bash and it gave me some errors about .DS_Store. So I removed those files and now when I try to merge, almost all files…

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gitk lost commits
I was using git gui and my wifi was lost during an operation. Now, when I look at my commit history there are several commits missing, and a gap in the history. Everything before the gap is connected with a red line, everything after by a green…

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How to revert back the last merge in GIT
I committed my changes to local master, I merged my changes with the works of another developer who was also working on master, she made few commit before my commit. Finally I made a merge of my work to hers, now it happens that my commit overwrote…

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Pull locally with Git Gui?
I'm new to Git and using the Windows Gui.
After making several commits, I made an uncommitted change I don't like.
How do I fetch my last local commit and overwrite the working copy with it?

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Configure gitg to use UTF8
gitg doesn't display correctly git diff of UTF8 files, even while
git does it correctly (as seen on the console)
gitg correctly displays UTF8 files (not diff)
Is it possible to configure it to correctly display diff of UTF8 encoded files ? If so…

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Error while trying to push in git-gui
I'm trying to push a change to the wikimedia gerrit service ( https://gerrit.wikimedia.org), but am having some problems.
After clicking push, I carry on to the 'pushing' window.
It thinks for a while, and then asks for my username on…

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Why doesn't GIT clean up when aborting a merge triggered from pulling in changes?
My team has had a lot of trouble with GIT lately because the aborted pull commands.
If a user has local modifications not on the index and does a pull, I have seen git attempt to start applying the merge to master and abort. The whole checkout is…

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Git-Gui: Committed code but my github account shows nothing
so I committed some code today for the first time to github.
however, when I go to my activity, nothing shows? What happened to the code I committed? Is there an error or log I can view ?

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Git-Gui / Gitk Broken interface cause crash on kde plasma wayland
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Few months ago (I don't remember a specific cause), the gitk UI starts showing a strange behavior. 80% of the time, when I start the app in a repository it will display a broken interface. And if I restart gitk few times, the wayland session…

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How do I switch branches in Git Gui?
I cant seem to figure out how to switch branches in Git Gui.
In Git Gui , I have cloned a repository from GitHub. There are 2 branches: main and development.
I used the Branch > Create option to create and checkout 2 tracking branches: origin/main…

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Unstage/revert single lines with Git GUI
Is there a way to unstage/revert single lines of changes using Git GUI? How can I do that?
I am a long time Atom user. Here I had the option to revert single lines or multiple selected lines of staged code as shown in the image:

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