Git Tower is a Git client for macOS and Windows
Git Tower is a Git client for macOS and Windows published by the German company Fournova GmbH.
More information is available on the product's website.
Questions tagged [git-tower]
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SSH asking every single time for passphrase
I have an annoying problem with my private key. Every time I want to clone or push via ssh in terminal or Tower app, I have to type my passphrase.
I even removed and recreated the ssh key and set the key on Github several times, but it looks like it…
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Git forking and pull-request workflow
I have a repo of a react project. I'd like to take that repo as the "base" of a few other projects and use it as a starting point. I'd also like to keep all of the other repos which stem from it up-to-date based on what the "base" has going on.
I…
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Git Tower fails to reapply stash: Conflicts in index
Inside of Git Tower I have a stash of about 26 files. However, when I try to apply the stash back onto my working tree, I get an error about trailing whitespaces.
How can I apply the stash sucessfully, getting around that error?
Here's the full…
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How to get the Git Commit message in Git Tower?
I am using this script in the githook commit-msg.
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import re
ret = 1
try:
with open(sys.argv[1]) as msg:
res = re.match("^fix gh-[0-9]+.*$", msg.readline())
if res != None:
ret = 0
except:
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Bob van Luijt
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Git won't let me switch branches as "changes to the following files would be overwritten", however, git-status shows no changes
OK, so I have the following branches:
git branch
2012-08-06-AAH
2012-08-06-JWH
2012-08-06-Master
* master
I want to checkout to 2012-08-06-AAH. So I do this:
git checkout 2012-08-06-JWH
error: Your local changes to the following files would…
Jack
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Git Tower hotkey (low priority)
Myself and coworker both have the same version of Git Tower, when he is focused on an uncommitted change and hits the spacebar, the file is staged for a commit. When I hit the spacebar nothing happens. What's up with that? I like my hot keys! The…
Luke
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Git: Files pushed from local repo not showing up in remote git repo
I'm brand new to git and am just starting to figure things out. I have been trying to figure out git on my remote dev server as well as my local machine. I have installed git successfully on both my remote server and my local machine (OSX). I am…
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Organisation is not showing in tower
I just got added to a new organisation in github. Git tower is not showing this new organisation in the app. I have tried refreshing, and even unhooking my github account and re-adding it. But still the organisation does not show on the left side.…
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login to WPEngine Git Push with Tower Git
I've set up my developer name and public key on WPEngine's Git Push dashboard. i'm able to connect via the terminal:
$ ssh git@git.wpengine.com info
hello
R W production/my_installname
R W…
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Push to remote server while excluding some committed files?
I recently integrated Git into my workflow, and I'm impressed with its capabilities. Not only is it a great VCS, it's running laps around FTP when pushing via ssh. I did run into a hitch this evening though, and I'm wondering if you fine folk can…
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Integrating Git-Tower and Gerrit
I am attempting to use Git-Tower with Gerrit with and am having difficulty having Git-Tower set and recognise the proper push refspec.
In our workflow we have two remotes: origin, pointed at a github repository; and review, pointed at our Gerrit…
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Tower not updating newly created files
I am using Tower to work with a Git repository. My problem is that when I add new files locally they are not showing up in Tower. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Tower (Git client) not cloning all directories to the local machine from the remote repository
I have an issue with a new remote repository that when cloned using Tower, doesn't clone all the directories.
When I created the remote repository, I did the following:
Created a .gitignore file containing the following line
files/cache/*
Then…
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Tower can't connect to git (permission denied) when certificate has different name
I can't connect to to GitHub repo from Tower (Mac OS X), getting permission denied error. I suppose this is caused by different certificate name (github_rsa not id_rsa). I added identity to ssh and from Terminal everything is working correctly. Any…
user269474
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merging master to develop then cleaning master
I am very new to git.
Not so long ago I learnt about GitFlow, and I'd like to utilize it, however I have already got a long commit history in my master branch.
Can I move everything over to develop, so I'll get the whole history, and commiting only…
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