How do you create a new project/repository? A git repository is simply a directory containing a special .git directory. This is different from "centralised" version-control systems (like subversion), where a …

323 I am trying to move only the contents of one repository (repo1) to another existing repository (repo2) using the following commands: git clone repo1 git clone repo2 cd repo1 git remote rm origin git …

I had to do this on an old version of git (1.5.6.5) and the set-url option did not exist. Simply deleting the unwanted remote and adding a new one with the same name worked without problem and …

git rm file.txt removes the file from the repo but also deletes it from the local file system. To remove the file from the repo and not delete it from the local file system use: git rm --cached file.txt The below …

Feb 17, 2019 · Is there any way to achieve that other than by doing a fresh clone of remote repository? Similar question as Sync local git repo with remote in one shot discarding local changes/commits.

Git clone will clone remote branch into local. Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository?

Did you init a local Git repository, into which this remote is supposed to be added? Does your local directory have a .git folder? Try git init.

2023 Update: git init will show a message that the current git repository as been 'reinitialized' but will NOT affect files (from the clone) or the remote settings.

Open your Terminal, access to this folder and write: git init git add . git commit -m "my commit" git remote set-url origin [email protected]:username/repo.git git push origin main

Mar 23, 2009 · git reset --hard To remove untracked files, I usually just delete all files in the working copy (but not the .git/ folder!), then do git reset --hard which leaves it with only committed files.