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A Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface to Git.

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What is a Git Revision Expression?

So, I am using Git GUI to make a repository. But I cant find ANY trace on Google, the Documentation, or anywhere else what a 'Revision Expression' is, and it is required to create a new Branch. Also, it seems that this is used many other places in…
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Getting Git GUI to Ignore Space Changes in its diff View

Git comes with two default UI tools (on Windows at least): Git GUI and Gitk. When browsing a commit, Gitk has a checkbox called "Ignore space changes" that makes the diff show only non-space related changes. However, Git GUI always shows the…
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How do I discard changes for a file in Git Gui?

Often when using Git Gui I would like to reset/checkout a single file or just dismiss a hunk. Is there a way to do this easily in Git Gui? If not, is there any particular reason that this feature is not available in Git Gui?
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Git error: "fatal: corrupt patch at line 36"

I have a Java file that ends like this: } } And I mistakenly erased the newline at the end some time ago, but it was fine just until today when I got an error message from Git-GUI when commiting fatal: corrupt patch at line 36 I tried adding…
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Git Warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF

I am using Git gui. I see this error for several files in a folder. I have two choice buttons - Unlock index and Continue. I don't understand what the buttons do. I saw other SO posts which tell me to ignore the warning, but they don't mention how…
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How do I stage all files at once in Git Gui?

I have just created a GIT on a folder. I now want to add the contents of that folder by "staging" all the files. In the GUI, is there a way to select all the files. I have well over 4000 files and clicking one at a time is proving to be a bit of a…
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How to untrack files (git and git GUI)

I am using git GUI (together with Git bash). Now, I know if I want to ignore files for git I have to put them in a .gitignore file. 1)I have come to know that git in windows does not create a .gitignore file for you and you have to create it…
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Decent Git Branch Visualization tool

I'm using git for a personal and big project which has a wide scope (not just programming) and lots of file. Hence I've a lot of branches and merges and I want to have a nice visualization tool for branches and merges in Git (esp. if it offer an…
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Git GUI Crash Signal 6

I am using git version 1.9.2 with Xcode6-Beta3. At beginning, git gui works properly. For some reason (which I don't know...) when typing "git gui" on Terminal, I got the following crash message: * Terminating app due to uncaught exception…
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Is there any IDE/GUI support for git-flow on Windows/Linux?

Are there any GUI frontends for Git with git-flow support? Our team uses Eclipse IDE on Windows and Linux. Managed to gradually infect them with git-svn, now looking for the next steps to harness the power of real branching (rather than…
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How do I .ignore files with Git GUI?

I have created a .gitignore file in the folder with the .git folder, but I still get the files I'm trying to ignore when doing a rescan of the repository. This is the content of the file. # Ignored files *.suo *.user bin obj *.pdb *.cache…
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How to ignore files using git-gui (tcl-tk) application?

I'm using the git-gui interface to manage my git project. Despite being ugly –tcl-tk– it's one of the most complete interface out there. However, I can't find how to ignore files from this interface ?
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Did Apple remove the 'git gui' command in Xcode 4.5 command line tools?

After updating to Xcode 4.5 and installing the developer tools I can no longer run the 'git gui' command from the command line. It says: $ git gui git: 'gui' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. I'm running this version: $ git --version git…
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Git GUI on Windows: merging conflicts

I am fluent with Git on the command line but for a specific project, I need to show others how to do things exclusively in the GUI environment. We are using Git for Windows (available at https://git-scm.com/download/win). I created a file and added…
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Git GUI for Windows' window is Missing and/or Invisible

The basic GUI that comes with the install of git: https://git-scm.com/download/win; was working fine in Windows 10 until one day I used it on desktop 3, and then I must have switched desktops and closed it or something because now when I launch the…
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