Questions tagged [github]
Git repository hosting service - May be better on Web Apps or Stack Overflow
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Github email questions
I am running Fedora 20 which gives me the option to set up Evolution. I do not want to but I still want github to put my real email address on my commits. How do I do this, or will github do this once ...
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Git commit two project code as single project in the repository
I am new on git open source.
Actually I have one android project i.e AllScan, SO I commit all the code in original master repository when I made the changes into the code.
Now I have implemented new ...
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Some Git questions
I'm starting to learn GitHub, and I have a few questions:
How do I remotely remove files from my GitHub repo but keep them on my local machine?
How do I upload ONLY .c files when my directory also ...
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GitHub configuration terminal says "no such file or directory"
I'm following the tutorial to configure GitHub but my mac terminal says that I have no such file or directory.
iMac-di-:~ user$ git credential-osxkeychain
Usage: git credential-osxkeychain <get|...
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Github for Windows: An application for this deployment is already installed with a different application identity
Usually Github for Windows worked fine on my Windows 7, but today I always get this error:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7600.0 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0....
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Is there a way to edit a commit message on GitHub?
Is there a way to edit a commit message after committing and pushing to GitHub? I see that there is a 'add a note' as well as inline commenting, but no actual editing of a commit message. There is ...
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Github: How to use SecurID desktop application for two factor authentication?
Can the SecurID desktop application be used for two factor authentication on Windows or Mac?
I don't have a phone and would like to use it, and it seems like it should be possible from some posts i'...
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root command not found
I'm trying to setup a blog using octopress by following this guide. I'm stuck at the step where I do
root: /octopress
and my terminal shows
bash: root:: command not found
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how to run a shell script on git commit
1)
i have a shell script which basically contains some(database testing and integrating test code) ,
but i have to run this shell script when ever there is commit (or any change ) in my git repo the ...
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Silent install of Github-for-windows
I would like to silent install GitHub on Windows. I have downloaded GitHubSetup.exe from https://windows.github.com/.
I am used to pass other parameters like /S, INSTALLDIR etc. to silent install ...
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Integrating github's public keys API with ssh
Hi, i'm wondering if this is possible and safe, to have my http://github.com/{username}.keys as the default authorized_keys file for my private dev server.
So that if I add a new key to github - ...
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How to download a private GitHub repo with no 'git' on my local machine?
What I want to do is to download private repository archive from GitHub, extract it, remove archive file and copy some directories that are inside downloaded project.
I tried to use wget but I cannot ...
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Tools to create a 'GitHub' style index page for files/folder on a fileserver?
My workplace doesn't have a document management system.
People just throw files on a shared fileserver, where search doesn't really work.
Trying to find information/files for a particular project by ...
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Access an old commit in github
I want to find commit 2a89985 in this Project in Github. I want to find out how to access a commit If I know the commit number? Since it is a big project there seems to be a lot of commits. Is it ...
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Git Shell icon on WIndows 7 corrupt after update
After an update of GitHub for Windows, the icon for "Git Shell" has got corrupt - it shows an icon for an "unknown file".
The shortcut points to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\GitHub\GitHub.appref-...
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Cowsay doesn't say anything
Okay, I know this is kind of a stupid question to bring to the table here... but why not.
I'm using OS X 10.9.2, Mavericks, and have installed cowsay in my terminal with $ sudo gem install cowsay and ...
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Force Github account to show up in google search
Is there any way to index my Github account to google search.
I see that many people's account show up as soon as I type their name, but mine doesn't show up even after I type my name followed by ...
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Whis is the usage of powerline font? [closed]
Today I stumble upon this repository in github
Lokaltog / powerline-fonts
There isn't much information related to what is does/patched to those fonts. I did google search for it but nothing is found....
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Can not clone any git repository from github
Since the update to OS X 10.9.2 I am not able to clone any git repository from github.com
If I run the git clone command I get the following error:
git clone https://github.com/davedelong/...
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GitHub not adding whole folder content?
I have w problem with pushing whole folder with its content to my repository on GitHub.
I use the following:
$ cd principal
$ git add *
$ git push
Where principal is the name of folder ...
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authentication for git remote push to github
Github says they prefer https over ssh. Does this mean I should do something like this on my local machine:
git romote add github 'https://userid:[email protected]/userid/repo.git'
If so is sending ...
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How to clone a git project from the website to your desktop?
When I try to clone a git repository to my Desktop it always takes me to the download page but it is already downloaded.
How can I clone it directly from the browser to PC ?
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Download zip/tar Github repository with .git metadata?
I need to download zip/tar Git repositories from Github and get not just the source but also the .git directory.
I'm aware I could use git clone, but this is for an tool that runs on systems that may ...
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How do you access an ace editors settings as a user?
Now from reading here and from viewing this screenshot here it seems that there is a way to access the ace editor menu settings (copied from source linked to above):
"You can press CTRL+, or CMD+, (...
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Is there better way to create a local Github wiki rather than having two .git directories in one directory?
My purpose is to create a github wiki pages for my personal notes.
In order to create my github wiki from a github repo, I have to do the following. I thought there must be a better way to do. If you ...
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Git github not working with google authenticator OSX
So I had git running on my computer just fine. My password was saved with the osxkeychain thingy and everything ran smoothly. Today I decided I should be safe and enable google authenticator 2-step ...
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Homebrew Can't Link Git
I'm am getting an error message when I try to link git.
Linking /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.5.3... Warning: Could not link git. Unlinking... Error: Could not symlink file: /usr/local/Cellar/git/1.8.5.3/...
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Irritating GitHub Conduit dialog opening up whenever I visit a GitHub link — can I get rid of it?
X-Post from a [closed] StackOverflow question.
I have a problem that sprang up out of nowhere in the past two or three days. Whenever I'm using Git in Terminal (which is pretty much always), if I ...
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I see "Uncommitted changes" but the files are identical?
I recently bought a new PC and downloaded the GitHub for Windows version: 1.2.6.4 f054d9f, then:
Logged-in
cloned my repo to Local
made sure files were downloaded locally
closed GitHub
overwrote 1 ...
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what ports to open up for GitHub to install and work?
I want to use GitHub on a server where user accounts are not supposed to be able to go online otherwise. The GitHub Windows app does not even install without users' downloading it themselves (see my ...
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how to publish the GitHub app to remote users of Windows Server 2012?
I think I have an idea what publishing apps to users mean on a Windows Server I administer.
(More on that in this wiki, perhaps)
However, it seems to work well with apps with exe's in the main ...
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git pull does nothing / git push just hangs / debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_ECDH_REPLY
I had an issue in ubuntu 13.10 and 12.10 where attempting to connect to github (git clone / pull / push or anything) would fail with no output.
I checked my /.ssh directory for config and any ssh ...
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No response received from github ssh randomly
My git pull started to stop working randomly with this error
$ git pull
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed
out fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
I tried debugging git ...
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GitHub with HTTP protocol
I read that
HTTP, aka http://github.com
Doesn't work with GitHub anymore
However it seems to work for me
$ git clone http://github.com/antirez/redis
Cloning into 'redis'...
remote: Counting ...
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Can connect to github.com, but cannot pull
I don't know why this is suddenly happening, I haven't had any issues prior to now. I cannot seem to pull from GitHub. I can connect, the following works:
$ ssh -T [email protected]
Hi kbjr! You've ...
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Why does Github list the Ubuntu computer's name as author instead of my Github account name when I push from command line?
When I git push from a terminal on my Ubuntu box, which has a computer name of Bot, it asks for Github credentials, and I provide them. The username I provide is my own, not Bot. Yet when I go to ...
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How to connect with Github repository in Eclipse?
I have created a repository in https://github.com. And installed Eclipse Kepler as the IDE. I want to commit my local file to this remote repository. By default Eclipse Kepler contains Egit for ...
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What command does "Sync Branch" do on Github application
As the title suggests, which operations does the "sync branch" perform on the github application for OS X? Does it do a full clone of the repo again?
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ssh does not try to provide private keys for github over ssh
I uploaded my public key to github and have my private key in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.
Even after adding RSAAuthentication=yes and PubkeyAuthentication=yes in ~/.ssh/config, ssh does not seem to try any of the ...
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Can I share a link for downloading a specific file in my public GitHub repository?
Just like the question says... I am looking for a free version control system that allows me to share individual scripts out of a larger project.
So, can GitHub or BitBucket do something like this? ...
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How do I point GitHub for Windows to my existing repository folders?
I installed GitHub for Windows, and it's a very smooth program (looks exactly like any of the Live programs). However, it lists my GitHub repositories and wants me to clone it to %USERPROFILE%/...
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How do I get the 16-byte representation of my GitHub public key from my .pub file?
In my GitHub settings, it lists my public keys as 16-byte hexadecimal:
01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF:01:23:45:67:89:AB:CD:EF
Sadly, GitHub for Windows is buggy and keeps making me new github_rsa/...
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Backing up private git repos to a normal (non-root) ssh account?
It's nice that with github and similar services, I can backup my open-source projects (using 'git push'). With private data, I have some reservations though. I'd prefer that my repos are encrypted on ...
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What should I do if I accidentally put sensitive data onto Github?
Our team accidentally pushed some personal information onto Github in the form of a H2 database file. Is there any way to remove a file cleanly and completely from the server?
Simply doing git rm xxx....
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Pushing a local repo to a GitHub repo which has dual-factor authentication
I'm trying to push code in my local repo (on an OS X 10.8.5 system with the GitHub app installed and logged into) to a repo I created on GitHub via their website, using the command line. Oddly, when I ...
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Timeout with brew update
This is driving me crazy. I can't update my homebrew installation anymore. When I run brew update, it just does nothing and times out.
I even tried reinstalling it, but then I run into the same ...
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Large file editing and versioning for non-programmers [closed]
As part of a collaborative Creative Commons project, I would like to allow editors to contribute by editing a relatively large text file: ~8 Mb, ~100k lines. Ideally, contributions would be git pull ...
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Installing Git on Windows
I've installed several different versions of Git on Windows all with the same failure. I get an error "libssh2.dll is not installed on this computer...".
I looked around the installation files, and, ...
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SSH ForwardAgent + multi-Host
I have several Hosts in ~/.ssh/config, and they work fine from local machine, but remote machine doesn't know these Hosts.
Host A
HostName github.com
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/A_rsa
Host B
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Error while github.exe opens "libcef.dll is either designated to run on Windows or it contains an error"
Everything was fine but recently whenever I try to open github.exe, the following error message is shown to to me:
libcef.dll is either designated to run on Windows or it contains an error
I can't ...
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