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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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git and github desktop not cloning me repository

I clone my repository in github desktop but it was showing me this error not for only this but for other repo's as well i sign out/sign in but its still not working Note: This is happening after i change my github username and i took a lil break…
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Github Desktop - How to keep track on code history of local, remote repo created separately?

I want to keep track on 2 repo with the SAME NAME created SEPARATELY. 1 is in local machine and 1 is in remote. But whenever I pressed "publish repository" after "commit to production", there was a red warning saying that "Repository creation…
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The Library and Logs folder appear, although there is a .gitignore file

I add .gitignore file in my project. When I open the project on GitHub Desktop, I see some changes. Like this; GitHub Desktop Why I see this changes. I dont changing these. This is my .gitignore file; .gitignore code
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.gitignore stopped working when I connected my repository to MongoDB

I started having this problem when I connected my React Javascript project to MongoDB. This is what my Github Desktop has looked like ever since then. I tried searching the error message, and the search results told me to add the node_modules…
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Github pages is giving me 404 instead of linking to a different page

I started building a website 2 days ago, I made a navbar, but when I click on an item I get a "404 File not found". I have checked the linking what feels like 100 times and everything seems to be right. If you want to check the code this is the…
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Git shows I added another person's changes

Myself and a coworker are working on the same branch (not all the time, but at the moment). He and I both made a commit around the same time and he pushed his changes. I did my push via Github Desktop and I was surprised to see that there were two…
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GitHub add content of new scripts to the old scripts

I am new to the Git world-using the "lame" Git Hub Desktop version. What I am trying to do is to "merge" new scripts with the current old scripts in a way so that the code in the current old scripts will be unchanged BUT if there are new lines of…
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I am getting error while pushing code to github using Github Desktop, Failed to push some refs

I am getting this error while pushing code to github using github desktop. I have attached the image.
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Auto-add branch name to commits in Github (desktop)

How can I automatically add the branch name that I am currently working on to my commits? For the moment I have to write it down manually each time I commit something: [v1.2-branch-name] I did something [v1.2-branch-name] I did something…
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Github Desktop unwanted file duplication

I'm uploading a website I've built onto Github, via Github Desktop (mac). For some reason, every one of my files is being duplicated on upload. If I have 5 files to upload, Github will try to push 10. The content of the duplicate files is blank,…
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Error Installing GitHub Desktop

I have downloaded Github desktop for my win 10 pro x64 from the github site. Upon running the installation I get the error : "Application cannot be started, contact the application vendor." I tried installing the standlone verison from :…
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Making file change results in a duplicated changed file on GitHub Desktop (and Git Bash: git status)

I have a .txt file generated from a python script that has the text: what is sdf (just random text) and when I add other random characters to it, two of the same file show up in GitHub Desktop and through the git status command on Git Bash as…
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How to fix "DiscardVirtualMemory could not be located" when installing GitHub Desktop?

I am just trying to install GitHub Desktop on my Windows 7 PC. But it's saying "the procedure entry point DiscardVirtualMemory could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll." How can I resolve this error? At first I installed…
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