I use git gui to select lines for being staged for a commit. This normally works like a charm. I am aware of the option to do the same on the command line. Whenever a file does not initially have ...

I just did the following to to keep a different copy of my config.php file in my localhost vs. my production environment: $ git update-index --assume-unchanged application/config/config.php Unfo...

For example, I create file a in the repo(suppose I'm on the master branch), then I git add a and git commit. After that I git branch copy and git checkout copy. Finaly I create file b in the word d...

Still having a hard time getting my head wrapped around the concept of staging as it applies to Git. Can any analogies be made with SVN? What is the primary purpose of having a stage level in Git?...

I was confused the naming of staging directory (Git Index) in Git. Is there any special meaning such that it is called Index? Why not just called Cache / or Temp directory so that we can understa...

The git book defines the git index: The Git index is used as a staging area between your working directory and your repository. You can use the index to build up a set of changes that you wa...

I have a problems with a git repository and windows. The problem is that the git repository has a linux symbolic link in it and with developers running windows, that obviously does not work. Now si...

I have a problems with a git repository and windows. The problem is that the git repository has a linux symbolic link in it and with developers running windows, that obviously does not work. Now si...

GitRef.org - Basic: git rm will remove entries from the staging area. This is a bit different from git reset HEAD which "unstages" files. By "unstage" I mean it reverts the staging area to w...

In git documentation (like git-checkout-index http://linux.die.net/man/1/git-checkout-index ), there are references to "stat information" in the index file. What is this mysterious "stat informatio...