Links related to Github pull requests and branching
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: August 11 2019
Here is a collection of links related to performing a Github pull request, including a few different versions of that workflow:
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Git error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: August 8 2019
When you get the Git checkout error, “Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout,” one likely cause is that files in the master branch are indeed newer than the files in your feature branch.
But another possibility that I just learned about is that you did a git add, but forgot to do a git commit before trying to switch branches. My current wrong/accidental workflow looks like this:
Notes related to handling some comments/conversation on a Github pull request
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: September 13 2019
Here are some brief notes related to handling some comments on a Github pull request. Every other pull request I’ve done has been simply accepted, but I’m currently working through a conversation related to a large pull request. Here are the notes:
git fetch wasn’t showing the comments/changes I just approved on Github, but this set of commands successfully pulled those changes from Github and brought them onto my system:
git branch #to list the branches git checkout my-branch-name #switch to my branch git pull origin my-branch-name
How-to: Steps to create a pull request on Github
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: September 10 2019
I haven’t worked on many open source projects, so my ability to fork a Github project, pull it down, create a branch, push that branch back, and then submit a pull request are weak, at best.
That being said, I’ve done it a few times lately, so I’m getting better at it. Today was a very smooth process, so I thought I’d make these notes while they’re still fresh in my mind.
Git fetch vs pull
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: August 9 2017
The Tower app website has a good description of git fetch vs pull. “You can never fetch often enough” is a helpful phrase.
Fun ‘git’ commands
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: May 30 2017
This article titled, Little things I like to do with git, has a fun series of git commands.
A Git tutorial by Mary Rose Cook
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: August 1 2016
While I’m in the Mary Rose Cook neighborhood, she also wrote this excellent Git tutorial.
Git - How to automatically `git rm` all files that have been deleted on disk
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: May 30 2017
This SO tip on how to automatically remove/delete all files from a Git repository that you have already deleted on disk is a real timesaver. Of course it’s a wee bit dangerous (and probably won’t work on Windows), but that’s part of its charm.
git push after git tag problem (everything up-to-date)
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: July 11 2019
If you attempt to do a normal git push origin master after adding a tag, you’ll get an “Everything up-to-date” message from Git. In short, this is because you have to push a tag to the origin just like you push a branch.
In my case I just created a tag named v0.1, so I pushed it like this:
git push origin v0.1
The output from the git push command looks like this:
Using git with ssh running on a non-standard port
By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 5 2016
Yesterday I needed to be able to specify a port with a git clone command, because the git server runs ssh on a non-standard port. In short, the solution was to put this text in my ~/.ssh/config file: