github-for-windows Questions

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Installing GitHub for Windows is a nice way to get at once beginner's git Windows app, msysgit and posh-git - but you can only start the git shell with posh-git by calling "GitHub.appref-ms --open-...
Lactose asked 20/9, 2012 at 0:26

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I want to use the new worktree functionality introduced in git 2.5. However, I don't know how to update to the most recent version of GitHub Desktop (not git itself). I install GitHub for desktop ...
Joinery asked 10/11, 2015 at 18:3

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Im using win xp and got upgraded to 1.3.1 which is not xp compatabile so login keeps failing. https://windows.github.com/release-notes.html How to downgrade to 1.3.0? Thanks
Apulia asked 16/4, 2014 at 17:12

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Stack Overflown asked in this question: On every repo, GitHub has a button that is labelled "Clone in Desktop" (example: https://github.com/github/developer.github.com). If you have GitHub for...
Forenoon asked 18/2, 2015 at 19:39

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I installed Github for window and I can't connect to my git hub account. I tried to reinstall several times, but I always end up with the following error: login failed Unable to retrieve your us...
Mlle asked 16/10, 2013 at 21:31

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How do i sync unsynced commits in GitHub for Windows? i made some changes to a file a month ago. i just realized today that they didn't go anywhere; the GitHub web-site has no history of my chan...
Floatstone asked 26/7, 2013 at 20:52

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I've forked a repository on GitHub and have a quite an extensive commit/pull/push history, which I need to keep. The owner of the main repository has created some new branches. How can I clone the...
Pipestone asked 5/11, 2014 at 12:35

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I have a largish (as in ~15,000 commits) Git repository, that seems to be fine when accessed from commandline Git but when I open the repository in the Github Windows client I always get the error ...
Gabie asked 14/11, 2012 at 18:22

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I'm want to be able to work on my git projects using both the Github for Windows application as well as git in the command line using Cygwin (on Windows). But I keep on getting problems with the ...
Due asked 30/3, 2013 at 9:40

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Today GitHub for Windows has suddenly forgotten all repositories on my pc. Has anyone seen anything like this? (It is the latest version, running on Win7 pro.)
Barimah asked 9/2, 2015 at 12:46

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I recently began working on project and I committed and pushed it using Github for Windows. But if you look at the .gitignore , there is a :camel: and a :boom: icon next to the commit. Are these o...
Employer asked 19/12, 2014 at 18:53

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I just installed (as opposed to update) GitHub for Windows 2.0 and for the life of me I cannot find how to use it with non-GitHub repositories. In the past I have done this without issues using thi...
Gunthar asked 18/9, 2014 at 6:45

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As a novice, I prefer the simplicity of the GitHub app itself to work on our GitHub-hosted git project. However, to sync/push-and-pull another remote, I need to try SourceTree. (I am not confident ...

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Having searched here on Stack Overflow and found this question, I now understand that Github for Windows will work with Gitlab. I'm using the Community edition of Gitlab on a local server and I ca...
Kif asked 15/8, 2014 at 11:52

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I use "Github for Windows" as the git client (and use it with an enterprise github server). Is it possible to configure using WinMerge to be used with this client? I have not seen a setting for set...
Eurhythmy asked 27/2, 2014 at 11:19

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I am a newbie for github and started using GITHUB for WINDOWS chosen private repositories and shared the same with my colleagues. Now we are experiencing a problem, not sure how to solve it. We t...
Witness asked 3/11, 2012 at 15:42

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I am trying out Github for Windows and I am getting the following error when I try to publish a newly created repository. Authentication failed Your credentials may be out of date. Please log...
Aquiver asked 22/7, 2012 at 17:1

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I'm trying to install GitHub for Windows and I get the following error message: PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 6.0.6002.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.18052 System.Deplo...
Pforzheim asked 4/12, 2013 at 8:30

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I seem to be having some issues with merge commits crowding my pull requests that I don't mean to be pushed. Currently I have a local fork with an upstream set to the base repository, and I update ...
Mervinmerwin asked 2/6, 2014 at 14:37

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I'm trying to get the bash shell of Github for Windows to be wrapped by Console2. This is not as easy as I'd hoped. This is super easy with Git for Windows from git-scm.com. I know that I can use t...
Uptotheminute asked 30/4, 2014 at 20:14

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I just tried to do the dutiful thing and backup my work to github, since I had not done a commit in a few weeks due to working on a large work area. Github for windows notified me it needed to dow...
Fluoroscope asked 12/4, 2014 at 4:23

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I have installed GitHub for Windows and also GitExtensions and have multiple versions of git.exe in my path. C:\Users\Rajat\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_93e8418133eb85e81a81e5e19c2727765244...
Nye asked 10/12, 2012 at 11:43

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I've a rather worrying problem with git. A few days ago I was committing some changes when the server git was on blue screened. (We think it was actually caused by git.) Since then I've not been ...
Those asked 10/4, 2014 at 17:11

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Does somebody know what are the technologies behind the GitHub for Windows UI? It looks incredible.
Varese asked 9/7, 2012 at 2:34

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What do I need to do in the GitHub for Windows app to stay up to date with changes made to a project or repository hosted on GitHub? I will most likely not be editing, but do want to stay aware of...
Goiter asked 18/2, 2014 at 6:16

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