Git is the most popular version control software because it offers a simple process for tracking code changes. To push some code changes, you first need to stage them using the git add command. This brings the question of [...]
Most developers love Git because it provides easy commands to version control the source code of a project. One of the commands offered by Git is the git rm command used to remove files. Although this command is simple [...]
When working on a Git repository, a developer sometimes needs to overwrite local changes with remote changes. However, when using the git pull command, the developer can stumble on a similar error message to this:
error: Untracked working tree [...]
Sometimes when working on a Git repository, a developer may want to stash single files instead of all the changes. Luckily, Git offers simple commands to manage the stash and to add a single file to the stash quickly [...]
If you have been using Git long enough, you have seen references or occurrences of HEAD in Git commands on online tutorials, videos, or documentation. But what is it exactly, and what does it do?
In Git, HEAD points [...]
Sometimes, a developer may encounter the fatal: not a git repository error when running any git command. This is a very common error but is luckily easily fixable.
This article will go through the causes and solutions for the [...]
When working on a repository with Git, a developer, after doing a lot of modifications, may want to remove all of them and reset the branch to the remote branch. Luckily, Git offers easy ways of doing it.
This [...]
Git quickly became the most popular and the de-facto choice of most developers' version control software. It provides many commands that make tracking code changes easy. Some of those commands are popular (like git push or git commit), and [...]
The git diff command helps developers see the changes between two data sources (commits, branches, etc.). However, sometimes this command shows whitespace differences between two commits. This behavior can be annoying for some developers. Luckily, Git offers many [...]
Sometimes, a developer may stage a lot of files, by error, in Git. Unstaging each file one by one would be a lengthy task. Luckily, the developers that work on Git have thought of this situation. Git offers an [...]