Category: Git SCM

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitcredentials https://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential-store

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18116198/merge-local-master-branch-with-remote-master-branch-in-git The “git pull remote master” did not work for me, I used “git pull origin master” instead (was this right?). https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16560095/git-pull-origin-master-branch-to-local-master-when-in-local-develop

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/953481/find-and-restore-a-deleted-file-in-a-git-repository Amongst all the suggestions there I had to find something, that fits my scenario. First find the commit ID, that includes the deletion of the resp. file (use either –summary or –raw!) (git log displays its output through $PAGER, presumably the utility less): $ git log –summary # find the file and the commit…

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3211809/git-diff-between-given-two-tags A couple of interesting variants …

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229885/what-are-the-differences-between-gitignore-and-gitkeep So … I certainly have not ever created any .gitkeep in order to get Git to keep track of an empty directory. I rather suspect, that one of the utilities created them for me. I will observe that and report here later.

Of course it is essential, that those Git repos can be accessed from everywhere. https://github.com/JochenHayek/misc – my public Git repo my private Git repo resides on my NAS But I also have to acquire more Git skills. Luckily enough Git is “everywhere” (at home and at work), and I am able to exercise and study Git…

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1365541/how-to-move-files-from-one-git-repo-to-another-not-a-clone-preserving-history http://gbayer.com/development/moving-files-from-one-git-repository-to-another-preserving-history/

http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/git-log-escape-symbols-shown-as-ESC-33-and-ESC-m-td7602089.html https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25332598/how-to-suppress-display-of-escape-sequences-in-diff Until right now my LESS environment variable did not include “R” for passing through ANSI codes. Solutions: Either I add “R” explicitly, or I start git w/o LESS in its environment: $ env LESS=-MMiR git log $ env -u LESS git log