github-for-windows Questions

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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...

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I have installed GitHub Desktop as the uploaded local project tool, I uploaded a project "F:/test", and it could show successful in my GitHub homepage, then I delete this repository. But I re-publ...
Orchard asked 27/5, 2017 at 2:40

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How to sync my local Android Studio project with the latest code on github? I want to download all the latest changes but I don't want my local changes overwritten. If there is a conflict, it shoul...
Effectuate asked 10/6, 2015 at 20:28

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I have a git repository as a mapped network on my machine on my "Y:" drive. Until recently I was able to connect to the repository from my git desktop application. But for the last two da...
Hardpan asked 16/4, 2022 at 3:52

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Is it possible to clone the same repository multiple times with Github for Windows? The reason I ask is I want to clone the Laravel framework multiple times, once for each project I'm using it for....
Gertie asked 15/11, 2012 at 13:43

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With GitHub for Windows, you can "publish" a branch, and then "sync" that branch to GitHub. Is the sync basically a git pull and git push? Or is there more to it? If I wanted to do the exact sam...
Twiggy asked 24/8, 2012 at 6:54

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I am using Github Windows 1.0.38.1 and when I click the 'Sync' button after committing, I get the error How do I debug this problem? If in the shell, what should I do? The sync works fine if i...
Shawana asked 13/3, 2013 at 14:8

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I am cloning the master branch from a GitHub repo onto my system. It throws this error: Checking connectivity ...done eate file Icon fatal: unable to checkout working tree warning: Clone succee...
Algie asked 22/7, 2014 at 22:6

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I'm trying to create a zip file of my repository using git hub workflow. Below is the code: name: .NET on: push: branches: [ "main" ] pull_request: branches: [ "main" ] jo...
Ethbun asked 28/12, 2022 at 11:36

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I use GitHub client for Bitbucket repository. All work & sync correctly, but Pull Request button not showing. In GitHub repo all works. I found simular issue - Github for Mac: Pull Request But...
Sand asked 19/4, 2016 at 8:36

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I just went up to github the project that was working locally on my computer. everything went well and I could upload all my files .. now I would like to know how I can update my repository if I ma...
Being asked 19/1, 2018 at 20:32

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I am using GitHub Desktop on Windows 10. I initially cloned a repo using its HTTPS URL, but now our organisation have advised that we must use the SSH URL instead. So I have changed this over. I h...
Brobdingnagian asked 11/7, 2019 at 15:55

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Using version 1.0.4, I can't find any force push option. Is command line the only way to use force? Can't push and Can't pull
Redwing asked 21/10, 2017 at 17:27

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Every time I was thinking of switching all of our little team's projects to git / github, what pained me was that there didn't seem to be a tool to visualize all this social coding goodness. When...
Edwin asked 7/9, 2012 at 19:11

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reusable workflows should be referenced at the top-level `jobs.*.uses' key, not within steps name: HelloWorld on: workflow_dispatch: jobs: checkout: runs-on: windows-latest steps: - name:...
Schaab asked 1/3, 2022 at 16:36

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I have PyCharm and I am looking around trying to find git.exe to set it up with my repo. What is the PATH to git.exe?
Coppinger asked 13/8, 2012 at 5:23

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How do I install Git in my PATH when using the GitHub client for Windows? I'm running into errors because apparently Git is not installed in PATH. For example, using Atom, trying to install the Li...
Culvert asked 28/10, 2014 at 23:30

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Basically I changed a few files in Notepad++ but it wont show up in Github for Windows. I have tried reinstalling, Restarting pc and constantly re-cloning into different parts on my pc. Nothing...
Farmstead asked 9/7, 2016 at 5:10

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I use Github for Windows and I have about ten repositories I regularly commit to from my local computer using the client. I'm used to everything working great. However, today, for one of my local r...
Gotten asked 13/9, 2014 at 18:43

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I'm a developer, I need many screenshots to put in readme.md file where to store or host it? I found out that some people use https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/{path}/{filename} to host the...
Reliant asked 1/5, 2020 at 5:41

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In this picture below from the Github(c) Desktop App there ist this button "Update from master" (in this case). I was wondering if anyone had the insight what exact git function it triggers. Primar...
Polyploid asked 14/10, 2015 at 11:59

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With Git/Github for Windows, if I have a repository with this directory: C:\dir1\dir2, what do I need to do to move the repo files to C:\dir1? I can obviously physically copy and paste the files, b...
Outsail asked 8/7, 2012 at 16:57

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Last week I upgraded my Windows Github to Github Desktop. It is certainly a lot faster than that last update they made for Github Windows. It also has a nice little visual timeline of commits and ...
Sanity asked 19/8, 2015 at 18:18

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warning: 'C:\ProgramData/Git/config' has a dubious owner: 'S-1-5-21-2380165290-1749897186-XXXXXXXXX-670437'. For security reasons, it is therefore ignored. To fix this, please transfer ownership to...
Sofiasofie asked 9/11, 2021 at 5:55

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I have lots of libs on GitHub and would like to write README.md for all of them. Im doing this by writing into README.md on my local repo, and then pushing it to github, and there I can see changes...
Loisloise asked 17/10, 2012 at 10:10

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