Sep 8, 2017 · Once you local clone has finished pulling the updates from the master repo, push these new changes to your fork, stored on GitHub, using the push origin button on GitHub desktop. 2024 update: in more recent versions of GitHub Desktop, there are three options for merging in the popup screen from above:

Mar 7, 2019 · In keeping up with the times, Github for Windows has had a huge makeover, so here's a new answer. It's now called Github Desktop and the version numbers have started back at v1.0.0. So if you're running Github Desktop v1 then your UI is going to look a little different. This super-handy, always-hidden little feature, however, is still there.

Apr 14, 2020 · Both Github Desktop and github.com have surprisingly limited capabilities for history diffs. Option 1 (preferred): migrate to Atlassian Bitbucket; much better experience overall; integration with JIRA, etc. Option 2: if you are on Windows - try Tortoise GIT desktop client; has Show Log feature which I find very helpful for side-by-side diffs.

Apr 15, 2018 · You can use the Github Compare UI, which will generate the URL for you. Replace ORG and REPO with your values. The UI only lists branches, but you can also type in any valid Tags (e.g. v1.0.0 ) or Commit IDs (e.g. 1a2b3c ).

Jan 8, 2012 · Go to github desktop, as soon as you paste files in the local repo, you will see them as changes here. All you need to do is commit these changes with a comment. This will be your "First or Initial Commit" to the repo. Next Github repo will ask whether you want to publish these to its remote repository.

If you are using GitHub Desktop, then just do the following steps: Close GitHub Desktop and all other applications with open files to your current directory path. Move the whole directory as mentioned above to the new directory location. Open GitHub Desktop and click on the blue (!) "repository not found" icon. Then a dialog will open and you ...

Mar 31, 2017 · GitHub for Windows supports the regular cloud-based GitHub, in which case it knows to connect to github.com, as well as GitHub Enterprise, in which case it needs to know the server's address. Normally, when logging into GitHub for Windows, there is a toggle right below the "log in" header (above the Username box) to switch between GitHub and ...

Dec 31, 2019 · Doesn't the GitHub Dekstop use the same git commands under the hood and therefore the aws credential helper for git? I'd also like to know if there is a better way to manage which profile to use with git other than running git config --global credential.helper '!aws2 --profile my-profile codecommit credential-helper $@' every time I want to ...

Sep 25, 2018 · At last, restart Github Desktop after assigning the environment variables, if it is still running. Reference: Cannot specify GIT binary directory · Issue #5454 · desktop/desktop

Mar 3, 2021 · The index.lock file kept reappear most likely because either GitHub Desktop or another programme (e.g. Visual Studio) or process is still using it. In rare scenarios, this could be a bug in your Git.