A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git.
Questions tagged [git-gui]
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Git GUI fails to identify bare repository while TortoiseGit succeeds
While I understand the difference between a bare and non-bare Git repositories, I am puzzled by how a bare repository is not identified as a valid repository by git-gui (despite successful push via Git Bash), while TortoiseGit has no issue…

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Could Not push changes into Github from Git
warning: could not find UI helper 'GitHub.UI'
this is the message displayed in Git bash. I believe it is a problem of signing in the account using the default browser
does anyone know any fixes for this?
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How do i push my microservice folders to Github as one repository
I have a micro-service app built in Laravel 9. It is built as two micro-services: frontend and backend.
Each micro-service has sub-folders and file because each is a Laravel installation.
I want to commit the whole as one repository to GitHub using…

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Git Bash : open Git file viewer (as available in Git UI) or a similar tool (maybe Qt Creator)
So I really like the File Viewer in Git GUI. It shows me, in the two columns on the left, the original commit that created any line, and which commit last moved it. I can click on those hashes and move through history just like this, and it's really…

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git-gui malfunction: can not create a directory or clone one
I installed git and git-gui on my Mac yesterday (I'm a complete novice with Git). As I tried to use git-gui, I was neither able to create a new directory nor to clone an existing one from online.
However, as I tried cloning a directory through the…

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GIT & GIT GUI not using SSH key
In my Linux Debian, since last GitHub change, I can't push code into my repositories.
Previously I used user:pass authentication, but don't know how to do it using an ssh key.
I already set the ssh key into the GitHub site, modified the gitconfig…

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Git Gui -- restoring a pushed folder from repository after local deletion of same folder
I have a project structure thus:
\projects\
.git\
.gitignore
folder1\
\ignoredfolder
\pushedfolder
From within \projects\ I have successfully pushed \projects\folder1\pushedfolder\ to the online repository. Then, I have…

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How can I visualize per-character differences in Git Gui staged changes view?
Currently it only shows the lines that are different. Is there any way to make it visualize per-character difference inside those lines, same way as it does in Github here or in gitk in "color words" mode?…

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Is there a better way to make an initial GIT commit for a web application?
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Git GUI.. stage everything
My employer is finally looking into setting up some source control after much pleading by all of the developers. Unfortunately, none of our developers, inclusive of myself, have ever done much with…

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What do I need to do to fix the screen refresh issue on XWin (Cygwin)?
I was getting an following error starting gitk/git gui so I installed xinit as per the stackoverflow solution.
application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable
so now I start XWin as XWin &
and then…

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GIT Daily/Hourly commit changes in folder
I am absolute newbie in all this GIT thing, I'm using GUI since I am too newbie for Bash.
I have a bunch of folders where I have created my GITs inside via GUI. Also I put .ignore file inside so I can track only files that I want. My question is, is…

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How do I make a shortcut to open local repo via Git GUI?
I already found some time ago the way to create shortcut to open local repository via Git bash. I would just add --cd="C:\RepoFolder" in shortcut properties -> Target after exe path.
But the same approach didn't work with Git GUI.
So is there a way…

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How to use Git GUI from Unix using Xming
I'm using Windows XP and I log in to a unix system using Putty where I run several Git commands. I have also installed Xming + Git GUI in my Windows system.
Now is it possible to use the Git GUI installed in my windows from the Unix system I login?…

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Cloning a private github repo without credentials?
I'm new to git and github, so forgive me if this somehow sounds stupid.
After much needless frustration with trying to find a git gui client, I had a major facepalm when I realized that git came with a GUI. Thusly, I ended my search and proceeded to…

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How to use additional parameters when committing using git-gui?
Currently we have a problem with our pre-commit hooks so we skip it using the "-n" parameter when committing from the command line. How to use this or any other additional parameters when committing using git-gui?

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