Questions tagged [git-tower]

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.

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Failed to push error when trying to push to Bitbucket

I keep getting the following error when I try to push to Bitbucket. I used to work just fine and it just stop working. Can someone please help me understand what does this mean and how to solve it? Pushing to…
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How to use Visual Studio as your merge tool in Tower

I'd like to use Visual Studio as the default merge tool in Tower. I've looked at the docs and the comparetools.jsons that ship with the installer, but unfortunately vsDiffMerge /? doesn't provide any useful information on what parameters go where.
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How to open ternimal in new window with git tower

git tower can open the current repository at the terminal, Against the window of an already open terminal cd '/my/path/for/repo/. This command is ignored during execution such as webpack server. Is there a way to open it in a new window when opening…
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Setting up Tower 2 with Git Two Factor Authentication

I have turned on my github's two factor authentication. I am able to push and pull from the terminal but not able to do it via Tower. I am able to see all my branches in tower, but not able to push, pull or fetch. I have tried to do it via SSH and…
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Using Git-Flow, Will a finished feature be integrated to another feature branch?

After using Git-Flow for a couple of months, I have a question maybe someone could help with... Say there are 2 feature branches checked out locally and have been pushed to the GitHub repo but not finished. One of them is the setup of a data scheme…
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Git Tower and PhpStorm

For some reason in Git-Tower when I untick the checkbox next to a file in my working copy list it makes it untracked. That's not what I'm wanting to do. If I uncheck it I just don't want it apart of the current commit I'm about to do. I still want…
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Amend past commit message in Git-Tower

Change the commit message be390538 from "A" to "6" in Git-Tower
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Git in a total mess with Tower

On my personal project (A Rails app), I forgot to commit whilst working and continued working for many months since. I have changed quite a lot since the last commit and now I wish to get Git all back up and running and to use it properly but Tower…
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Get a previous file version in git tower

I need to get a previous file version in git tower, I mean get the full code present inside file as it was 1 week ago (before a lot of edits from other users), and copy it somewhere on my desktop. I already located that version of the file in tower,…
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Using Git/Beanstalkapp, is it possible to track files locally, but not push to production (not using sub modules/separate repo)

I'm using git-tower, obviously git, and Beanstalkapp. I have different branches for each version of my software. Inside this, I have an installer and upgrade files for each version that I use to repackage the software. However, I don't want these…
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Git Tower - how to see remote branches to track

Setup: Four branches on github Only three display in Tower (Git GUI) When pulling, three branches are available to pull from (forth not available) If we pull on master, the fourth branch doesn't show Question: How do we get Tower to see the…
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Can't get Tower (OSX git GUI) to ignore file permissions – "could not lock config file .git/config" error

Issue: Can't get Tower (OSX git App) to ignore file permissions Set up: OSX 10.9.5 Using Tower 2.1.3 set to use git from: /usr/bin/git (System; 1.9.3 (Apple Git-50) Have tried: Looking for a file mode setting in Tower / Tower docs From…
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Git Tower - how to overwrite master with a previous commit

Somehow I've created a git mess where the latest commit is wrong but the previous commit is right. I tried to revert to the previous commit in Tower (right click) but that created some kind of merge which didn't fix the issue and now things look…
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Create a repository using Tower showing system files

Everytime I create a repository using Tower it shows my system folder in the Working Files and not the folder I was after. When I try adding the folder it says "Existing Repository Detected" so I just click Add.
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Adding a folder creates a submodule

When I add some particular folders then git tower creates a submodule for that folders. I don't want to create a submodule. Some pattern I notice is that inside this XYZ folder there is a folder named MyFolder and there is one more folder with same…
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