github-for-windows Questions

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On every launch of Github Desktop app, i see a screen that says Please Wait, Extracting command line tools for github, This might take a minute or two and it really takes almost 1 minute. I...
Merridie asked 28/6, 2016 at 23:7

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I've just installed Github for Windows on my Windows 8.1 machine and it appears to work fine except that my machine performance drops down dramatically. Looking at task manager I see that ssh-agen...
Lascivious asked 24/10, 2014 at 11:29

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I am trying to checkout a repository with paths that have spaces. git clone/checkout failed. The following error is returned fatal: cannot create directory at 'main-path/some-folder-with-space /an...
Vitric asked 13/3, 2017 at 6:35

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I'm using Github Desktop (previously called GitHub for Windows) and I made a bunch of changes to my local files. It became such a mess that I decided I just want to rollback my local files to where...
Hemostat asked 26/7, 2014 at 20:1

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I'm trying to install github for windows when I received this error: Application cannot be started. Contact the application vendor. The error log produced this: PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows :...
Santo asked 22/8, 2014 at 5:2

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I have two GitHub accounts with two different email IDs, Currently, my .gitconfig is as follows; [filter "lfs"] process = git-lfs filter-process clean = git-lfs clean -- %f smudge = git-lfs sm...
Jollanta asked 11/11, 2017 at 23:36

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I'd like to upload NuGet.exe to github but all exe files are not listed to my local repository. I did upload NuGet.exe file about two weeks ago at another project repo, but now I cannot upload any...

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While working on a project using GitHub I've fallen in love with GitHub for Windows as a client. Now a new project beckons where I'll be using GitLab instead of GitHub. Will I still be able to use...
Hasp asked 25/3, 2014 at 15:54

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How to change the cloning folder of a specific git? My default storage directory is here C:\Users\myPC\Documents\GitHub But for this one git https://github.com/username/myproject I want to pu...
Discommodity asked 20/12, 2012 at 7:40

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I created a repository on Github. I have two development environments, and I access Github with Github for Windows on both. On one of the two development environments, I deleted a branch and click...
Viridian asked 11/9, 2017 at 12:44

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I have the environment fully working at work, with SSH, but here at home I tend to use more GitHub for Windows instead of Git bash, so that's why it's set up with http. github --credentials get: ...
Libation asked 29/10, 2012 at 14:58

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I have installed GitHub for Windows recently and am using the git bash prompt - the one thing that is bugging me right now is when I type LS all directories are listed in blue. How do I change my ...
Crossover asked 27/12, 2012 at 5:40

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I downloaded Github for windows and installed it on my computer, which runs windows 7. I tried to open a project with Android Studio but it says "Can't start Git: git.exe" and "IDE error". When I ...
Jesher asked 27/9, 2014 at 17:44

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Is GitHub for Windows open source? If so, I can't seem to find the repository.
Embellishment asked 26/6, 2012 at 15:56

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I'm trying to install GitHub for Windows. I tried installing it the normal way and got this error: Application installation did not succeed. Cannot locate application files on the server. Contact ...
Computation asked 21/5, 2013 at 13:33

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Right now, I'm using msysgit to work with my own private repositories stored on a ec2 Amazon Cloud Server using SSH. Until now, I've been able to successfully connect to those repositories through...
Alveolate asked 22/6, 2012 at 23:35

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I was on GitHub today and realized I was behind on updates from a repo. I tried to fetch updates, but it failed from the outset. I received two messages when I started up Git Shell (from GitHub for...
Undecided asked 19/2, 2013 at 5:19

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I've duplicated a repo into a newer repo but when doing a git clone on the new repo it's unable to download the files using the LFS pointers and I get an error when smudge is used... e.g... "Error ...
Coetaneous asked 11/7, 2016 at 20:19

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So where is it? I checked the usual suspects, namely Program Files and Program Files (x86), but I didn't see any mention of GitHub there.
Halfslip asked 3/9, 2013 at 5:19

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Based on this tutorial I was able to successfully connect Github for Desktop with my remote Bitbucket repo. Looking at the example tutorial repo I see there is an Pull Request option built in the ...
Thionic asked 16/9, 2016 at 6:33

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While attempting to commit a modified CSV file (12.4MB, ~164k lines), I received the titular error message. There's only 2 results in Google for that message: 1) the source code that throws it and ...
Stative asked 24/8, 2016 at 17:14

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I have two unsynced commits using GitHub (Windows), but don't want to commit them now. How can I revert or drop them?
Nod asked 20/2, 2013 at 2:38

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PhpStorm integration with Git asks me for git.exe path, however "github for windows" seems like it doesn't create any git.exe file. So is it a way to config phpstorm so it use "github for windows" ...
Outguard asked 20/9, 2012 at 6:15

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I'm using W7 64 bi , and just got an error from the github client app. It says: failed to sync branch. you might need to open a shell and debug the state of this repo. What do I do now ?
Masked asked 26/2, 2013 at 6:30

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I suddenly got errors when I was using git last week, for no apparent reason. I only have access to a windows PC. The errors I'm getting doesn't seem to give me any clear answers as to what went w...
Areopagite asked 9/3, 2015 at 11:49

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