Questions tagged [tortoise-git]
TortoiseGit is an open-source Windows-based application that allows the Git distributed revision control system to be used directly from Windows Explorer (using context menus).
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Can't update or remove TortoiseGit
I'm trying to upgrade TortoiseGit from version 2.15 to 2.16 on Windows 11, but the installer fails with a message:
There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this ...
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Why use "Rebase after Fetch" in TortoiseGIT?
Why use "Rebase after Fetch" dialog when pulling in TortoiseGIT?
I have looked, and can find no documentation for this feature.
One of the few references I found implied it was equivalent to ...
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Compare PDF files
We use TortoiseGit in Windows. It gives us a lot of value. It is possible to add "External Diff/Merge Tools". Some PLC vendors sell plugins for this.
We would like to compare PDF documents. ...
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TortoiseGit: How to show files with differences between branches before merging
Merging in TortoiseGit will automatically merge a file to the latest code if there are no conflicts.
However, I'd like to choose some blocks to merge only (the files don't conflict). Is it possible to ...
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Winmerge & Excel csv
I'm using TortoiseGit and I have a program that generates a csv file.
Basically when generating the same csv file again it will overwrite the old one. But when doing this, winmerge will show me that ...
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How do you make git tortoise and visual studio work on a git repository inside wsl2?
How do you make git tortoise and visual studio work on a git repository inside wsl2? I git pulled a repo inside my WSL2 Ubuntu instance, but because the application tortoise and visual studio are ...
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Is it possible to tick "add cherry picked from" by default?
When I do a cherry pick with TortoiseGit, I always tick the add "cherry picked from" checkbox. Is there any way to tick it by default?
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Why I cannot specify "-f origin main" in the "Push options" textbox of TortoiseGit push window?
I have some mismatch between the local and remote main branches.
So I want to forcibly reset the main branch on the remote named origin.
With git command line, I can do it with:
git checkout main
git ...
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Any way to force TortoiseGit (or any other Git software) to treat Symbolic Links (in Windows) as real files?
OS: Win10
In Windows (by most Git software, however, I'd like to emphasize on TortoiseGit) Hard Symbolic Link is treated as regular file. However, Soft Symlinks are being ignored - Git software can't ...
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Send git revision of file by mail
I use git repositories for various documents and TortoiseGit to handle them.
Sometimes, I have to send a document to somebody else for revision, or if (s)he requests an older version of it.
I can do ...
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TortoiseGit enable settings context menu
My issue is that I have disabled the settings context menu so now I don't have a way to bring it back!
Steps to reproduce:
Open a windows explorer window on a git repository
Right click on the repo ...
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TortoiseGit doesn't work with msys2 git
Recently, I've been looking into using TortoiseGit. I want to use it with msys2 instead of git for windows. I've set up an ssh key pair and configured it properly, as well as add a HOME environment ...
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Git Command for Launch Rebase After Fetch
Is there any way I can use command for "Launch Rebase After Fetch" instead check the box ON from Git dialog?
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How to update multiple projects' PuTTY keys at once
I have multiple projects that use the same PuTTY key in TortoiseGit. Is there a way to update all of the settings at once for all of the projects, rather than going in to the TortoiseGit > Settings ...
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TortoiseGit overlay icon missing from a single versioned file
I've found a file in my project which has definitely been added and committed but which TortoiseGit hasn't added an overlay icon for and doesn't show most of the options I'd expect to see in the file'...
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