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GitHub Desktop is a graphical user interface for macOS and Windows, used to contribute to projects on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.

About GitHub Desktop

GitHub Desktop allows you to:

Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. Whether you're new to Git or a seasoned user, GitHub Desktop simplifies your development workflow.

Features

  • Attributing commits with collaborators
  • Checkout branches with pull requests and view CI statuses
  • Syntax highlighted diffs
  • Expanded image diffs
  • Editor and shell integrations
  • Open-sourced and community-supported

More info

The application can be downloaded from the Github Desktop website and its source code can be found on GitHub.

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Remove Emoji in GitHub Desktop First Commit

Whenever I create a new repository in the GitHub Desktop app, it makes an initial commit with the message ":boom::camel: Added .gitattributes & .gitignore files". This is fine, EXCEPT for the emoji. How can I permanently disable the emoji being…
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How to fix discrepancies between github repository and github desktop?

I am a bit new to git hub so my terminology might not be perfect. I am developing collaboratively with someone else using gitub and a private repository. For a while the other contributor's changes were not showing up on my github desktop client…
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Lost color using power shell as git shell for Github Desktop

When I use power shell as my git shell for Github Desktop, some colors are missing, some colors have no problem. Here is a short list: Still there Posh-Git related Missing cmdlet color variable color Any ideas?
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Where do I enter my Visual Studio Team Services username and access token in GitHub Desktop?

A colleague has been having problems logging in to our Git repository hosted in Visual Studio Team Services (was Visual Studio Online) using GitHub Desktop on the Mac. He use to have access but now cannot fetch, push, etc. Yesterday my VSTS token…
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How to download remote repository to local on Github desktop?

One of my friend gave me a git link like this : git@123.123.123.123:/home/git/project.git along with username and password. username: git password: 123456!@#$%^ I'm trying to a get latest (similar to Download zip on github public repo), I have…
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Can you add a default description text to commits?

I am using GitHub Desktop for Mac. I'd like to know if it is possible to add default text to commits. For example, in the description of a commit, I'd like "[skip ci]" to be there by default in order to prevent Travis from building, unless I remove…
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How to open GitHub Desktop commit files in Explorer?

Is there a way to open a particular file in GitHub Desktop in Explorer? I know you can right click on a project and press 'Open in Explorer'. What I want is to be able to quickly open these files:
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Github Desktop Mac fails to clone repo from github

Wanted to try out the new github desktop for mac, When I attempt to clone a repo from my github account, github desktop says "copying "username/project" it copies all the files to the selected director but when it finishes says can't find…
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Filename too long in GitHub Desktop

I am getting below error while cloning code using GitHub Desktop Cloning into 'D:\codebase\pro\xyz'... Receiving objects: 100% (781963/781963), 342.31 MiB | 4.55 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (480411/480411), done. fatal: cannot create…
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"No such file or directory" when using Husky with GitHub Desktop

I'm using husky in my React project for pre-commit. When using command to commit husky running normally. But when I'm using GitHub Desktop to commit it throws an error. How can I fix that? This is the error message from GitHub Desktop: /bin/bash:…
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Github desktop showing a number at branch like #46

Im seeing a number as shown below on my branch in GitHub desktop, here: I do understand that if your branch is behind the remote branch you would get down array here in this section with number of commits behind etc., like this: But what might be…
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How to remove or modify a repository from vscode

I just added my repository to vscode source control (using the Initialize repository button) and it now says I have 1800 changes. In Github Desktop it correctly shows two changed files. What should I do? Should I remove the repository from vscode…
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Why do I keep getting node_modules file changes showing up on Git without touching my code?

I've got a pretty simple repository made up of a frontend folder in which I have a react app, and a backend folder that is mostly empty for now. Every few minutes, regardless of whether or not I make any changes to any files, some node_modules file…
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How to setup virtual environment inside github desktop?

We recently started use github-pre-commits for django project since then I am not able to commit changes using github desktop. I have activate my virtual env and use terminal only for commiting changes can i make any changes which would let me…
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Xcode keeps adding/deleting random files

I am using GitHub desktop for source control, but for some reason there will randomly be thousands of changes that I did not make, sometimes adding files sometimes deleting. Not sure why this is happening or how to stop it but it is making it very…
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