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GitHub Desktop commit sign off not working
I cannot get GitHub Desktop to sign off commits despite having it work fine from the command line by default. GitHub reports "The email in this signature doesn’t match the committer email." ...
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After commit to git, all gameobjects loose their assets
After i commit my unity project on to github, all the gameobjects loose their assets.
It looks like the asset id's change.
asset id's changing
I have checked my gitignore and it looks identical as the ...
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GitHub has lots of local commits waiting to be pushed to the master remote branch on Azure, but rules do not allow it
So I am using GitHub Desktop with a Git repository on Azure.
I have cloned the remote repo.
I create a new branch based on the master.
I publish the branch to the remote.
I add a file.
I commit those ...
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How to get back cloned repos in Github Desktop
I have nearly 40 cloned repositorises from github.com in my github-desktop app. Today for some reason, I opened /snap folder and executed github-desktop binary directly ...it opened but shown "...
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Using GitHub for a UE5 group project. Have run into a massive issue where .db & .ipch files are unusually large. How can I fix it and properly commit?
The error specifically is the push operation including files which exceeds GitHub's file size restriction of 100MB. Solution.VC.db, Browse.VC.db are the main files plaguing and preventing a commit as ...
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How to move the GitHub Folder
i have a simple question. I currently have all my repositories under this path (Windows 11):
C:\Users\<user>\Documents\Guthub\
what I want to do is simply to move the GitHub folder to:
C:\Github\...
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How to hide other repositories in GitHub Desktop when switching to other account
I am confused by how logging out and logging into a new/fresh account in Github Desktop works. I made a new one for scripts that are only for my institution, not my private account. I signed out and ...
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Do all GitHub Desktop users need to have GitLFS installed?
I'm running a project on a team of 32 people. We are all using GitHub desktop. When I setup the repository, I set up GitLFS. Do all 32 people using GitHub Desktop need to install and run the ...
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I am getting "A Lock file already exists in the repository, which blocks this operation from completing." when using GitHub Desktop
I get this error when I try to fetch or when I try to switch branches. Everything I have read online says that I need to delete the index.lock file in the hidden .git directory in my repository. The ...
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GitHub Desktop - "Create pull request" greyed out
I need to use 2 different instances of GitHub Enterprise. (N.B. I'm not using GitHub.com at all).
GitHub Desktop only seems to allow me to be logged in to one instance of GitHub Enterprise at a time.
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GitHub Desktop not ignoring the file added to ignore. The all files showing in Commit Changes list
I am using the latest version of GitHub Desktop. I am trying to ignore some files like .pdb, .dll, and other unnecessary files, but these files are still being added to the commit changes list. The ...
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pre-commit Error missing config value GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0
When i commit changes via Github Desktop, pre-commit cannot handle the changes and commit them but overwrites all other stages changes (the once i didn't intent to commit now) by its improvements.
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PhpStorm EAP not showing in GitHub Desktop External Editor list
When I install JetBrains PhpStorm Early Access Program (e.g. PhpStorm 2024.2 EAP) in my WIN11 it is not showing up in GitHub Desktop's External Editor's List.
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How to configure GitHub Desktop to use multiple user accounts?
I am trying to add a second GitHub account to GitHub Desktop. I'm able to add a second account to github.com and easily switch between them, but there doesn't seem to be a simple way to do this in the ...
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Solution to the gpg problem on github desktop?
I have been seeing several users have problems signing with github dektop, I had these two errors
gpg: error running '/usr/lib/gnupg/keyboxd': probably not installed
gpg: failed to start keyboxd '/usr/...
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Can not push my project from desktop to repository using GitHub Desktop
I have a GitHub repository that is out of sync with the code on my desktop (see attachment 1). So I need to push my desktop code to GitHub. I found this article: https://www.theserverside.com/blog/...
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I force pushed my git repository by mistake
My .git folder is corrupted, Github Desktop detects that repo is new. I was searching about how i can push the new changes i found this command git push -f origin master. I executed it by mistake, it ...
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Not able to commit my changes from Github Desktop
Here is the error message I got whenever I hit commit button on Github Desktop
Running ktlint over these files:
AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/anki/AnkiActivity.kt
AnkiDroid/src/main/java/com/ichi2/...
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Github desktop pushes to remote origin but fetch fails [duplicate]
I am having an issue with GitHub Desktop. For some reason, I am able to successfully push my changes to my remote origin but each time I do, I get this error message, telling me it was unable to fetch ...
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GitHub Desktop: Commits lost/deleted
We're currently having a revamp of our website, therefore we created a new branch revamp from main.
Everybody does their changes in the revamp branch.
Now following scenario happened:
Monday: My ...
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Git Conflict Resolution Challenge: How to restore last saved code after conflicts
I am encountering challenges in resolving conflicts in my React Native project using GitHub Desktop and VSCode. I worked in a branch fonts-and-colors that is forked from main. I was going to commit ...
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git push data stream erro
I'm a beginner of github and i'm using github desktop to do git push.Here is the things: I have a repository that didn't use for a year. All the files in the repository are simple different vs project ...
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Symbolic link to docker container on host machine
I have a docker container that contains a GitHub repository with code that I work on.
The code is just inside the container and I connect via VSCode WSL extension to it.
Now I want to use GitHub ...
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Unable to change branches, remotely deleted file invisible in local repo
I've created a branch from master, made a PR. Somewhere along the line two files src/A/A.tsx and src/a/A.tsx made its way into the remote repo before I turned on git's case sensitivity. I removed the ...
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Why can't I download Git and Github desktop on my system? [closed]
I am a new user to github, if anything, I only know how to log into git.
Lately I've been learning React Routing taught by Bob Ziroll on FreeCodeCamp's youtube page and I have gotten to the part where ...
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Create pull request at github remote branch and push to that pull request
I have basic experience with Git - have been working with private projects - but no in-depth knowledge. I am currently in a probation period of joining a company. We have this main Github repo
https://...
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Having to commit all files through GitHub Desktop every time on each computer
I have been using GitHub desktop on my computer at work, in which the repositories are saved in a OneDrive folder.
I recently bought a new laptop and all my repositories are already available through ...
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How to fix "DiscardVirtualMemory could not be located" when installing GitHub Desktop? [closed]
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."...
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Unity & Github Connection
I'm trying to co-work with my crews on my indie game project by Github. I created unity project and clone repository on github desktop. After clicking the 'Show in Explorer' button next to the 'View ...
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Rebase button is disabled while trying to rebase child branch with parent
I have a branch named Test-Parent.
I have created Test-Child branch from Test-Parent.
I pulled the Test-Parent branch in my GitHub Desktop and created a file TempFile.txt and pushed.
I need to rebase ...
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How to remove the message about initializing Git LFS when cloning a repository?
A message about initializing Git LFS (see below) comes up when using GitHub Desktop to clone a repository that has previously used Git LFS. How can I remove this message?
This repository uses Git LFS. ...
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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 ...
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Running a package from a cloned repository in GitHub Desktop
I have conda and GitHub Desktop installed in my PC, and would like to fork an existing repository (Python package) from GitHub, clone it with GitHub desktop to my own PC and work on it (developing and ...
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Is Coping Git Root Folders and Adding them to Git Client on another system (with add existing projects button) enough and same as cloning them again?
Ultimately I want to have my projects on another system and keep working from where i left off as usual (by coping folders not by reclonening them). My Git project were saved on cloud.
I copied my all ...
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Executable `python` not found while using Github Desktop
Been stuck on this error for a while. I can't seem to figure it out. Any ideas out there? This occurs when I try to commit changes to a feature branch.
I can however, commit from the command line.
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Bash get pid of cygwin terminal
I use the git pre-commit hook to run an autoformat-script format-src.sh
that is based on clang-format. Some developers use github-desktop where it is not
easy possible to install the clang-format ...
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git fsck shows fatal: mmap failed: Operation timed out
Suddenly some of my git repos are failing with fatal: mmap failed: Operation timed out on executing git cli commands.
I was using github desktop , have been working on multiple branches on the repos. ...
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How do i fix Untracked working tree file '._.git'
Im trying to clone a repository I created a few days ago but I keep getting this error Untracked working tree file '._.git' would be overwritten by merge. it also says the the clone was completed but ...
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Github Desktop using different Visual Studio Code version from Anaconda [duplicate]
I have read over 20 posts of an error running the code in .py file, but I still cannot get it running. I got an error like
import requests Traceback (most recent call last): File "",
line ...
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force commit to git ignoring previous changes
I´m developing a project using github and visual studio github extension.
I uploaded a running version of the code and keep on developing
In the meanwhile, some other coder updated the git files with ...
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fatal: git show-ref bad ref refs, failed to read pack
I keep my git repositories locally ( created them using git init --bare )
After Windows reinstall, and trying to add existing repositories in GitHub Desktop and SmartGit,
for certain repos I get these ...
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i can add folders in gitignore with [] names
i can add folders in gitignore with [] names i have folder wit this names
[exampel] / [example2] / folder / file.lua
in github desktop when i want to gitignore this file
right click and gitignore ...
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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 ...
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Git rebase appears to use an old version of a file, causing conflicts
I am using GitHub Desktop on a Mac with Beanstalk as my remote git repository server.
I have a project with Main, Dev, and Dev-phpunit-baseline branches. Main is production-ready, Dev is branched from ...
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Cannot squash merge in GitHub Desktop
When trying to squash merge 3 commits in GitHub Desktop, I was warned with the following error message:
Unable to squash. Squashing replays all commits up to the last one required for the squash. A ...
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Github Desktop not honouring pylint installed in a .venv
I have a python project running in a virtual environment (created by poetry).
pylint is installed only in the virtual environment, not in the base.
pylint works well in the venv from command line, via ...
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How can I recover the lost stashed changes (which were never dropped), when the repository from the GitHub desktop is deleted?
The repository from the GitHub desktop is deleted, where I had few stashed changes which were never dropped. I'm unable to restore them since even the .git folder is lost. But I have logs from past ...
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I'm new to github and I can't get my repositories on github pages
I'm new, reaaaally new to github, not familiar at all, just created an account (by watching one old youtube tutorial). And this is my first time here too. Also, english isn't my first language, so I'm ...
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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 ...
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GitHub Desktop Stuck on Pushing To Origin
When I tried to push to remote repository using GitHub Desktop Application, it stuck on Pushing to origin.
How to solve this? I tried reinstall but that does not fix the issue.