It’s a list of files that are not in .gitignore (which can be versioned), but which you want to exclude on your machine’s copy of the repo. From the docs: Patterns which are specific to a particular repository but which do not need to be shared with other related repositories (e.g., auxiliary files that live … Read more
If you had anything staged to git, you probably should be able to get that back. (If you just changed working copy, you wouldn’t be able to restore it.) First of all: Backup your repository and working copy before going ahead. (Make sure to backup the .git directory.) Also avoid closing the terminal where this … Read more
Add the following 2 lines to the [remote “origin”] section of .git/config: push = +refs/heads/master:refs/heads/gh-pages push = +refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master Every time you push it will automatically push master to gh-pages as well. I’m using this for the jQuery Lifestream project.
If you get error 413, then the issue doesn’t lie with git but with your web server. It’s your web server that is blocking big upload files. Solution for nginx Just load your nginx.conf and add client_max_body_size 50m; ( changing the value to your needs ) in the http block. Reload nginx to accept the … Read more