
Git for beginners: The definitive practical guide
How do you create a new project/repository? A git repository is simply a directory containing a special .git directory. This is different from "centralised" version-control systems (like subversion), where a …
How do I change the URI (URL) for a remote Git repository?
I had to do this on an old version of git (1.5.6.5) and the set-url option did not exist. Simply deleting the unwanted remote and adding a new one with the same name worked without problem and …
Moving Git repository content to another repository preserving history
323 I am trying to move only the contents of one repository (repo1) to another existing repository (repo2) using the following commands: git clone repo1 git clone repo2 cd repo1 git remote rm origin git …
How do I delete a file from a Git repository? - Stack Overflow
git rm file.txt removes the file from the repo but also deletes it from the local file system. To remove the file from the repo and not delete it from the local file system use: git rm --cached file.txt The below …
Receiving "fatal: Not a git repository" when attempting to remote add …
Did you init a local Git repository, into which this remote is supposed to be added? Does your local directory have a .git folder? Try git init.
How do I clone a specific Git branch? - Stack Overflow
Git clone will clone remote branch into local. Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository?
Synchronizing a local Git repository with a remote one
Feb 17, 2019 · Is there any way to achieve that other than by doing a fresh clone of remote repository? Similar question as Sync local git repo with remote in one shot discarding local changes/commits.
git - How to add a new project to Github using VS Code - Stack Overflow
216 Navigate to the local project directory and create a local git repository: git init Once that is successful, click on the 'Source Control' icon on the left navbar in VS-Code.One should be able to …
How to duplicate a git repository? (without forking)
# Mirror-push to the new repository cd .. rm -rf old-repository.git # Remove our temporary local repository NOTE: the above will work fine with any remote git repo, the instructions are not specific to …
"fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories)" from ...
2023 Update: git init will show a message that the current git repository as been 'reinitialized' but will NOT affect files (from the clone) or the remote settings.