I'm working on a project that uses tabs incorrectly, and therefore doesn't like that the GitHub desktop app shows them as being 4 spaces wide in the diff. This is not nice as it's hard to read the...

When I pull: E325: ATTENTION Found a swap file by the name "~/Documents/Sites/recipegenerator/.git/.MERGE_MSG.swp" owned by: username dated: Wed Dec 14 12:28:45 2016 file name: ~username/Documen...

I need the list of reviewers for a PR, and the Review Requests API present in Github only provides me the requested reviewers which becomes empty once the reviewers have accepted their invitations....

I googled a lot about this problem, but couldn't find any good answer. On my Mac, git clone from a Github repository literally takes ages. I have a 16mbit connection, but the typical download rate...

Is it possible to have a folder that contains multiple repos use one set of credentials and have another folder user a different account? For example I would like to have one folder on my mac for w...

When using the GitHub for Mac app (version 87), I received the following error: git: 'credential-osxkeychain' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. error: The requested URL returned error: ...

Saturday I installed Github Desktop on my Mac and tried the Github Workflow. Created a branch, committed changes and did a Pull Request. Everything worked. Today I installed Github for Mac at work...

I was trying to setup a repo with an existing files. So I followed the simple instructions from the source but on the last step when I try to push, I got this error; remote: Permission to abc/abc....

I have tried following a few tutorials on cloning a github repo and opening it up on xcode. I first connected my github account to xcode and then I selected a project to clone. I then placed it int...

I can't seem to find an option to perform a 'git pull upstream master' using the Mac desktop client for GitHub (currently 1.2.13). Is that supported yet outside of the command line?

Is there a way to create a branch from an issue from Github's website? Once I select an issue, is there a way to create a branch from the site and then clone it? Or an alternative?

I've created a very simple pre-commit script:- #!/usr/bin/env sh # Run tests npm test if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Tests failed. Aborting.." exit 1 fi exit 0 When I run git commit at the co...

When I choose "update from master", it creates a merge commit. I'd rather just have it re-base. Is this possible?

I made my new account "kim2" but when I push it with "kim2" It gives following error: kim-computer:Kaggle-A-Z kim2$ git push kim2 master remote: Permission to kim2/Kaggle-A-Z.git denied to kim1. f...

Trying to commit my changes by using GitHub Desktop and getting this: error: cannot run gpg: No such file or directory error: could not run gpg. fatal: failed to write commit object (128) Firstl...

Is there a way in the latest github git gui for mac (desktop.github.com) to set the git diff parameters? For example I would like the git-gui to ignore-whitespace-change in diff git diff --ignore-...

In the github mac app i am trying to change the default directory of one of my repo's. In the settings screen I only see a place to change the remote repo. Where do I need to go to change the de...

I recently tried to commit to my repository via GitHub Desktop and was told there is a lock file preventing me from doing so. I do not recall uploading this lock file nor do I have an idea where it...

I'm working on a project at the moment, which I'd like to eventually make public on github, but, for the moment, needs to remain private. Github needs users to pay in order to host a private repos...

When I try to perform the following command, git clone git://github.com/mainDir/dirA, I get the following error: > git clone git://github.com/mainDir/dirA Cloning into 'dirA'... fatal: remote e...

I'm using the github Gui from their website to manage my repos, and I'm getting the following error: fatal: https://github.com/TeaCodie/TeaCodie-Website.git/info/refs not found: did you run git u...

How to discard all changes in Github desktop (mac), comparing to the latest commit? It is possible to click on one file and select "discard changes". But how to discard all changes in files?

The github Desktop program has an automatic naming scheme for local repositories, and I can't find a way to change them manually. Consider this screenshot of the sidebar, with 4 identical names...

When creating a Git repository inside of a Dropbox folder using the GitHub application for OSX I get the following message: Putting git repositories inside of a Dropbox folder is not recommende...

It seems to show this dialog two or three times. If I cancel it goes away and I'm still able to commit changes. How do I prevent it from popping up each time and where do I find my passphrase if ...