I just faced the same issue and solved it using the following.First clear tracked files by using : git clean -d -f then try git pull origin master You can view other git clean options by typing git clean -help
There is much simpler way: git merge –no-commit merge_branch As man says: With –no-commit perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
git merge –abort might be what you’re looking for.
Looks like you have an open git commit or git merge going on, and an editor is still open editing the commit message. Two choices: Find the session and finish it (preferable). Delete the .swp file (if you’re sure the other git session has gone away). Clarification from comments: The session is the editing session. … Read more
git checkout custom_branch && git rebase master This will update custom_branch with changes from master branch. Don’t forget to make sure master is up to date first. git pull This is also possible with git checkout custom_branch && git merge master For an explanation on why the first one is (probably) what you should be … Read more
Your content is safe. As I understand it, git doesn’t actually have any concept of a first-class rename operation (only bzr does, of the big 3 DVCSs): the mv is sugar on top of the underlying machinery, which is basically an add and a rm. Since git can track the content that changes during such … Read more
You could use complete unix paths like: PATH=$PATH:/c/python26 git config –global merge.tool meld git config –global mergetool.meld.path /c/Program files (x86)/meld/bin/meld This is what is described in “How to get meld working with git on Windows” Or you can adopt the wrapper approach described in “Use Meld with Git on Windows” # set up Meld as … Read more
On the specific instance of a config file, I would agree with Ron’s answer: a config should be “private” to your workspace (hence “ignored”, as in “declared in a .gitignore file”). You may have a config file template with tokenized values in it, and a script transforming that config.template file into a private (and ignored) … Read more
All you should need to do is: # if the file in the right place isn’t already committed: git add <path to desired file> # remove the “both deleted” file from the index: git rm –cached ../public/images/originals/dog.ai # commit the merge: git commit
You don’t fetch a branch, you fetch an entire remote: git fetch origin git merge origin/an-other-branch