Questions tagged [git]
is for Emacs support of Git, the distributed version control system. Emacs `version-control` feature supports many systems besides Git. Additional extensions, such as `Magit`, also provide extensive Git support. Therefore use additional tags besides `git` for Git related questions.
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Is there is an existing parser for `.gitignore` files?
Is there is an existing parser for .gitignore files? Maybe there is some Elisp package that includes something like this?
Ideally, I would like to be able to read a .gitignore file in a given ...
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Can magit pull hunks from another commit into my branch?
I have a big commit on another git branch. I'd like to "cherry-pick" some hunks from that commit into my current branch. I bet magit can do that, but I'm not sure how. Anyone? (I've seen ways to ...
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Disabling automatic add after resolving git conflict
After updating emacs (to 25.2.2 as shipping in ubuntu 18.04) I notice a change that completely breaks my conflict resolution flow in git. Once I resolve a conflict using emacs and save the file, emacs ...
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how to copy a deeply nested binary file from one git repo to another [closed]
I want to copy an image file from one github repo to another. The source and destination file paths are deeply nested within the repo (eg. copy ~/code/repo1/src/components/A/components/B/common/...
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How to specify multiple patch files to be applied by Magit?
The Magit user manual says in the description of `w w' (magit-am-apply-patches):
w w (magit-am-apply-patches)
This command applies one or more patches. If the region marks files, then those ...
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Package to help display status of each git repo contained in a common directory
I have a directory and in the directory is a rather long list of git repositories. Is there a package or options where a dired listing of the directory would also add in the status of each git repo ...
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Connection problem to Github
When I try to evaluate a Quelpa expression that fetches a package from Github, it throws the following error
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Command ’(env LC_ALL=C git clone https://github.com/...
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How to ask magit to use external diff and merge tools?
I have set the git variables [merge] and [diff] to the appropriate values like
this:
[merge]
keepBackup = false;
tool = p4merge
[mergetool]
prompt = false
[mergetool "p4merge"]
cmd = ...
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Alternatives to Git on Windows due to its slowness
I am forced to use Windows 10 on my job, so I use native Win32 Emacs.
Also use Emacs on WSL (compiled from emacs mirror though tried the default Ubuntu 18.04 too).
I tend to use more the one on WSL, ...
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How to configure git and magit to stream line making pull requests?
From the main repository on github, I created a fork on github and I keep the master branch of my fork up to date with the main repository by doing:
git checkout master
git pull upstream master
git ...
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How to prevent Magit from saving COMMIT_EDITMSG?
When I hit c c in the Magit buffer it opens the commit message buffer. Then I write my message and type C-c C-c to close it. For some reason it saves .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG and every next time when I hit ...
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How to detect programmatically if content under org-mode headline is encrypted or not before a save or commit?
org-mode allows users to encrypt the contents under a headline by adding the crypt tag with C-c C-q crypt and then calling M-x org-encrypt-entry.
Below is an example using this feature:
* Headline ...
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Show Git gutter after linenumbers
I am using emacs-nox and as some of you know there are always some problems if you want to display you line numbers while also using git-gutter.
(Stuff like some extra margin jumping numbers etc.)
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How to diff a single, unstaged file in magit-status?
How can I display a diff for the actually selected file in magit-status? What can I do in
do display a diff of build/conf/local.conf?
With the now deprecated git-status, I could run git-diff-file (...
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Nested git repositories that behave like one project with projectile
I am trying to understand how to use https://projectile.readthedocs.io/en/latest/projects/#customizing-project-root-files but it is not clear yet.
My goal is to have nested git projects. Let's say I ...
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How to get sorted output from counsel-git-grep with ivy?
When using git-grep, the output isn't sorted alphabetically which makes navigating the results more tedious then it should be.
Is there a way to sort the output?
I checked git-grep and it seems ...
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Magit commit mode does not open anything to edit with
I recently installed Magit and began running it. It appears to load just find and all keybindings seem to work perfectly. However, when I intend to commit changes, magit doesn't seem to open my ...
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pipe buffer contents to shell as pseudo-file
I'd like to use wdiff to compare the contents of the current buffer to a previous version of the file the buffer is visiting. So, this would be a word-level live diff of the current buffer against a ...
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Recover/undo discarded changes in git/magit on unstaged files
I accidentally pressed "k" (a magit command) and discarded some unstaged changes. Is there a way to undo this? Or did I discover one of the few ways to actually lose work while using git?
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Magit: patches that ignore some whitespace changes do not apply
Context: I'm doing a merge, and fixed the conflicts manually. Now I'm trying to stage changes hunk-by-hunk and make a commit.
Issue: some hunks are not getting staged.
Here's the output from magit-...
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Create patch for one file with Magit
With command line git you can use git format-patch [commit_hash] [file] to generate a patch for a single file. Is there a way to generate a patch in magit for only a single file? I tried marking the ...
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Exclude magit autosaves from git log --all?
I like the idea of (magit-wip-after-save-mode) but it makes git log --all (or la in Magit) very cluttered. Is there a simple way to exclude autosaves from all the autosave "branches"?
On the command-...
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emacs prompting for github password
I've recently switched from spacemacs to radian and have suddenly run into magit prompting for my github password whenever I view the status of a repository (the repository is configured to use SSH). ...
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Can I move lines when committing parts of a hunk in magit?
I prefer to have small and focused commits but don't always code that way. I've got a code section to the effect of
if abc:
def
etc
I edited def and etc, and the hunk in magit shows both as ...
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Show a list of names for all git projects
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Helm, Magit
I have many git projects in different folders.
Is it possible to show list of names for all git projects in one buffer?
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How do I visit a file on a different branch?
I'm aware of C-x v ~ which allows you to see a different revision of the current file, but I would like to visit the file on another branch.
Is this possible with magit, VC or git-timemachine?
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Emacs opens gitbash in new system window
I've try to follow this question and sulution Git Bash in emacs on Windows I have this function:
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
(defun git-bash ()
(interactive)
(let ((explicit-shell-file-name "C:/...
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Git commit line length constraints
I'm quite new to emacs and a lot of the documentation I'm finding online is going over my head a bit at the moment.
I've been using emacs as my git editor for a while now by mostly eye-balling ...
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git-commit-mode with flyspell very slow
I use emacsclient as my git commit editor.
This is what I have in my init file:
(require 'git-commit)
(add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)
I just made a huge commit (update of a third-...
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Edit commit messages in markdown mode
I configured git so that it uses emacsclient when editing commit messages. The only problem is that these messages are edited in fundamental-mode. Which hook should I use to have these commit messages ...
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Using auth-source with magit and bitbucket
The code base I'm working on has recently moved from ssh key controlled git to https bitbucket.
I use Magit to handle my version control in Emacs.
In the old ssh world I was never challenged for my ...
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Magit - How do I sync my feature branch with the latest master without checking out master?
Here's what I am trying to do::
I have one project in one git repository. I've made some changes in master and created a spinoff branch (b s) called my-feature. Now I've finished my feature and would ...
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git rebase -x (“exec”) with Magit?
Is it possible to use the "exec" mechanism when rebasing with magit?
From the git rebase man page:
-x <cmd>, --exec <cmd>
Append "exec <cmd>" after each line creating a ...
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How can I determine if a `git` branch is a remote-tracking branch using Magit?
Is there a function magit-magic such that
(magit-magic "master") => t
(magit-magic "origin/master") => nil
assuming origin/master is a fetched, but possibly unpulled branch on remote origin? (...
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Rewriting all file when save some changes
I work on Rails project in my Emacs25.
When I change one specific file and save changes I got all file changed (from git diff).
But when I try to old and new versions of this file in Meld - I get ...
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How can I tell magit to ignore specific modified files?
I am working on a project where webpack's bundle.js is part of the repository. This file is gigantic and has many diffs and slows magit down. Is there a way I can tell magit to ignore this file when ...
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Magit: magit-merge-squash
When I was researching the best way to merge a feature branch with a lot of WIP commits I came across squashing and rebasing however when looking how to do this in magit I found this sentence in the ...
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Show git branch in dired modeline
I would like to see the git branch shown in the dired mode-line at least for the top directory of git projects.
Anyone done this or know how to?
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Elpy starts Python processes at the root of my git tree, not the module's actual location
(I now submitted this as an issue in GitHub: https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/elpy/issues/1249)
I'm using Emacs 25.3.1, Elpy v20171212.850, and Python 3.6.3 on MacOS 10.13.2 .
I have a project ...
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Merge specific files with magit
Is there a way to merge single files in magit like you would do from this question or something equivalent. Namely:
$ git checkout source_branch -- <paths>...
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How can I do a git diff on the current file?
I'd like to do a diff on the current file / buffer compared to the git repository.
Ideally a single function that could be called, or binded to a keyboard shortcut.
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Magit diff with --name-only?
I am browsing the differences between two branches of a repository via
git diff --name-only branch1 branch2
I also use the --name-status option sometimes, since I may need to see what sort of ...
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Git bash opens in window outside of emacs
When running Emacs on Windows 10, I am able to launch git bash from within Emacs using the information given here, here, or here. For example, I can just add these two lines to my .emacs:
(setq ...
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magit: The work for five tasks are mixed in my working directory
So during a hectic coding session, I forgot to do git commit as I did baby steps. Now I have fifty changes in my working directory. And these changes are related to five separate tasks. So I would ...
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Using `emacsclient` as `git config core.editor` and invoking `git commit` as `shell-command` in Emacs?
I am trying to use Emacs 25.1.1 (graphical version, Windows 10) as both the primary editor and the editor for git operations.
In my workflow, I invoke git through M-x shell-command.
I tried the ...
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Is there a Magit hook for post checkout?
Unfortunately, the vc-mode in my mode-line is not being updated when checking out a branch, it still points to the older branch. revert all open buffers fixes than but I can't find a hook to attach ...
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Magit reuse same window for different project when switching window
I'm a new user of magit and I'm currently using it in a separate frame with a single window (magit-status). I'd like that to show the git status of the project of the latest visited buffer. Imagine ...
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magit blame: how to go to the commit my cursor is currently on
I want to checkout the file as it was when before the commit was applied so I can dig deeper.
Now I just resort to command line git to do that.
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How do I do a `git add` with vc-git?
I want to stage a file or a hunk using vc-git (the vc system that comes with Emacs). How do I do this?
(To clarify, I made modifications on a file that is already (registered) in git. I would like to ...
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How do I stop Emacs micro-stuttering and high CPU utilization caused by background calls to git?
Using Emacs on Windows, I experiences issues due to background invocations of git.exe. The same issues might apply on Linux, though the more light-weight process calling might make them unnoticable.
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