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How to implement a git local and private server? [duplicate]
I have a small coding business and I need to store all the code inside some Version Control System. I want to use Git, but I prefer to not use it with GitHub/GitLab. I want to install Git on a server ...
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find point where two branches in git FIRST diverged
This is slightly simplified from the real story, but hopefully close enough.
Suppose I initially have one branch: develop. Then I create a new branch: release.
At this point, release and develop both ...
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git rename vs delete duplicate heuristic
Suppose I rename a file from a.txt to b.txt. Git detects this properly; very nice.
Here's a trickier case. I have two IDENTICAL files, x.txt and y.txt. I want to de-dupe them and call the result z....
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Is it safe to merge a branch created from an old commit in two, separate branches that are a lot more recent?
I have the following Git situation:
where:
I was in commit A and, from there, I continued developing towards commit B.
Arrived in commit B, I decided to create a new branch from the old commit A, ...
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Is there another way instead of cloning the whole repo in github
I want to know if there is any way instead of cloning the whole massive repo into my computer? Let's say I just want to add a file or folder to a specific folder in the project and the size of project ...
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How does version control systems recieve files from Git?
I want to know how does a VCS (Github for example) updated the database based on commits upstream?
and how does git push send files to the VCS?
Thanks in advance!
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How can I view the fossil documentation offline?
There are lots of docs on the fossil page, am I just supposed to checkout the whole repository to view them offline?
The man-pages are rather sparse, and unlike in git, there seem to be no meta-...
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Does it make sense to use a distributed VCS (DVCS) to work on research code?
I work in a small research team, and we have been debating whether is it worth it to use Git – or any other DVCS for that matter – to control our research code. The thing is, most of the research is ...
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Using p4 zip and unzip to export files from one perforce server to another
I was trying to export files along with their revision history inside my depot folder from 2015.2 to 2019 perforce server.Also , I would want perforce to create new user on my new server corresponding ...
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How to find commit hash(s) / developer(s), date etc for a "given line" change in a file
This may be an odd question, but I thought I should check here.
I have a source code file in Git/Hg(Mercurial) distributed version control system.
Let's say at line# 100, I see:
if [[ `echo "${var}"...
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cleaning working tree from untracked files and folders without losing them [duplicate]
sometimes while working on git repo i get in that situation where i have added new files after commit then i needed to checkout a previous commit the problem is when doing so i stuck with those new ...
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What GIT is and what it is not.. version control?
Ok so I am having trouble understanding what git does or what it does not do.
When I hear version control, I think I no longer have to store different files on my computer of basically the same code ...
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Malloc Failed in Git Clone
Using Git version 2.19.1.windows.1 on Windows 7 64 bit.
I am trying to run in D:/Users/Della/Documents/Python_Scripts/
git clone https://gitlab.com/forkingpin/dui-dashboard.git
on the git bash. ...
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Tracking changes SVN vs Git
Whilst watching a tutorial on Lynda.com regarding Distributed Version Control Systems vs Centralized Version Control Systems, I came across some text which confused me on how Git tracks differently ...
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How do I deal with committing to multiple branches during development?
I'm looking for uptodate knowledge/best practice/advice.
We are considering moving to a mono-repo for our development. We use Scrum with Stories/Epics/Sprints (I'm not fully uptodate on all the ...
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