Questions tagged [magit]
is an Emacs extension for the Git version control system.
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Magit Tramp not showing diff window
When using magit on a local file, I stage my changes and
I then press c and c again to commit. I get a new window showing the diff and a window for the commit message. I write my commit message press ...
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Can magit put my commit somewhere up the tree?
I have a rough part of my workflow, wondering if magit is the solution.
So when I'm working on a task, I spin off a branch like most people.
I end up putting 5 or 6 commits in a branch that's for my ...
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How to list branches with Magit
How do I list the branches of a repository in Magit (i.e., the equivalent of git branch --list)? I expected to find this in the branch popup, but it seems to be neither there nor was I able to find it ...
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magit - find out who write the current line at point and when
Someone showed me how to do this with "ruby mine" but I don't use ruby mine so hoping emacs / magit can do this.
A file in a git repo is opened up in emacs. Point is at line 23, and you want to ...
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Transient - what does it do? [closed]
What does transient do exactly - in plain English?
I read its README and https://emacsair.me/2019/02/14/transient-0.1/
but I didn't understand it.
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Track org-mode headlines separately with version control
I want to setup a personal wiki in Emacs org-mode. And I want to put this under version control, so that I can see the history of each article, as it evolves.
If I use a single file for my wiki, with ...
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How to set magit recent commit always expand when i open magit status?
When I open a Magit status buffer, then the recent commit section is closed, I need to use TAB to expand it. How can I configure it to always be expanded.
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Magit popup doesn't open in status buffer
Every time I accidentally update Magit to a new version, I come to regret it. :( Today, I discovered that the popup window doesn't work well anymore: instead of opening in the same buffer as the ...
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Yasnippets won't expand in git-commit-mode?
I have written a snippet for git-commit-mode. However when I'm writing a commit message (from Magit), the snippet won't trigger. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I have yasnippet version 20160924....
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Pushed commit doesn't appear on Github
I tried updating a repository about 30 minutes ago with only 3 lines being different and it has yet to show up as a commit on Github. Is it typically this slow? It shows that it went through and ...
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Setting mode-line font size and Magit diff colours
I'd like to adjust the background colour of the part of the diffs displayed by Magit. In particular, the background colour of the text 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the image. I'd like to increase the contrast ...
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Use ssh-agent's SSH_AUTH_SOCK value, not macOS' one [duplicate]
When I run (getenv "SSH_AUTH_SOCK"), I get "/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.K9OEFgxDgw/Listeners".
I want to set it to the value that is returned by echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK on the command line which is ...
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How can you configure magit for duet-commit?
The following code used to work with earlier versions of emacs, adding a ‘d’ option to magit's commit popup for ‘git duet’.
(require 'dash)
(defvar magit-duet--default-commit-popup-actions nil
"...
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magit ediff conflicts wordwise
During a magit-rebase I'm running into conflicts on single long lines, where I'd like to take some parts of the line from the A and some from the B buffer.
After hitting * -refine current region ...
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CUA doesn't work in magit status buffer
The title is basically everything what I know. CUA keys just don't work in magit status buffer.
In older versions, it worked. Sometimes. Now it consistently just doesn't work.
Emacs 26.2.
Newest ...
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How to disable `git-rebase-mode` after magit is installed?
I'd rather use regular text editing functions when rebasing instead of learning magit's bindings.
Is there a way to use magit but disable git-rebase-mode?
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Always show expanded Magit sections by default
Sometimes the sections such as "Recent commits", will be closed by default. Can I set it so they are all always open by default?
But before I made the commit, recent commits was opened. After the ...
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How to change window splitting behavior in Magit?
emacs: 26.2
spacemacs: develop (19c429e)
magit: 20190609.1424
Some time ago (e.g. 20190222.1746), magit's window management used to be different from how it currently is. For example, magit-status ...
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How to diff one file against another branch with Magit
I want to see the differences of a file in another branch. With git I can simply do: git diff otherbranch: path-to-file.
In magit this seems trickier as the file may not be dirty and not showing up ...
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Magit status wired output (control sequences)
When I use magit on a RHEL 7 box today, it gives me this output when checking magit-status:
Not sure what went wrong. Magit-version output is:
Magit 2.11.0, Git 2.14.1, Emacs 25.3.1, gnu/linux
The ...
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Magit is not able to render the font [duplicate]
I am trying to use Magit but whenever I tried running it, somehow fonts are not rendered properly.
I am using MacOS and below is the init.el config. I am using powerline font (Meslo)
(use-package ...
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What's this `slot-missing: Invalid slot name: “#<transient-prefix transient-prefix>”, :incompatible`
After updating to magit 20190517.1750 from ELPA, I've got this warning
slot-missing: Invalid slot name: "#<transient-prefix transient-prefix>", :incompatible
which breaks a lot of magit ...
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How do I select 'flag' options for magit through helm?
I'm using spacemacs with helm and magit. There are some options, for example, the ability to sort log entries in reverse order, that have a flag by them.
I don't know how to select any of these ...
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Magit extremely slow in Windows. How do I optimize?
I am forced to use Windows 10 for a project. Yes, I would rather use GNU/Linux. To keep my sanity, I've tried to regard Windows as a bootloader for Emacs :)
Unfortunately, Magit (one of my favorite ...
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magit-stash-create: Cannot save the current index state
I'm using magit 20160517.838, Emacs 25.0.50.2
I just upgraded magit from 20160320 to 20160517 and when I try to stash I now get this issue;
magit-stash-create: Cannot save the current index state
I ...
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How to reproduce `git push -u` behavior, that is, auto-set local branch as the new remote or push branch?
No matter how I fiddle with magit options, I cannot reproduce the following behavior:
I checkout origin/master.
I create a new feature-branch on top of it; its name is unique.
I make changes, add ...
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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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How to close the current frame automatically after aborting the commit
For editing messages, Magit opens a frame. It disappears if I finish the editing session, but it stays if I choose to cancel the session. In the latter case, I have to manually close the frame. So I ...
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Magit blame only last commit (or range of commits)
Can I have magit-blame somehow only show the changes introduced with the last commit?
EDIT: what have I attempted?
I've looked at the docs of magit-blame and explored all flags in the magit-blame ...
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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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How to prevent magit with ivy from selecting an author email address? [duplicate]
I have a git repository containing commits with 3 of my email addresses. When I try to view the log and filter by author (-A) and then enter a few letters of my last name, I see a list of the 3 email ...
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Magit pushing through tramp does not work
Hi guys I'm on a osx machine and I want to push commits from a remote machine through tramp to github. I open the directory in dired on the remote machine which works fine and type M-x magit status ...
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Ignoring specific remotes when running `magit-log-popup` to log all branches
I would like to add an option in magit-log-popup to ignore a list of remotes when using "Log all branches" (l b). What I'm trying to do is something like this git log HEAD --branches --remotes --not -...
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Set magit timestamp format with function
I would like to have my git timestamps in UTC. Currently attempting to commit using magit gives
Wrong type argument: sequencep, my/magit-timestamp-utc
Here's the code:
(defun timestamp-now()
(...
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A way to insert a predefined text into Magit's commit message window?
We have a convention that every commit message begins with an issue number.
I'd like to be able to programmatically insert the issue number part (computed by a separate function) into the commit ...
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How can I navigate up/down a log from magit-rev-mode?
When I'm reviewing a patch series in magit I want to be able to look in detail at each patch in a tree. However there doesn't seem to be an easy way to navigate to the next/previous commit from inside ...
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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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magit options when dealing with a failed git-am
I'm not sure if I'm missing something or if this is a missing feature but occasionally when I attempt to apply a patch from my mail box git completely fails to apply it.
This isn't a case of ...
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Run a function before/after magit runs git
I'd like to run a function before magit runs git, and another one after magit runs git. I see magit-pre-start-git-hook but I don't see any post-finish-git hook. How can I run commands before and after ...
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Use magit to display the difference between two branches
Is there a way to bring up a big list of the differences between specific commits across two branches?
I tried the method described in this answer but it came back empty, I assume because the ...
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How to delete ^M in the diffs of Magit?
I had an issue with a file that had inconsistent line ending. My file would show a ^M for every line ending. I ran into this article that shows how to get rid of the ^M character and set the buffer ...
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How can I make `--verbose` flag be enabled by default in magit commit screen?
Right now, instead of pressing just cc in magit-mode, I have to press c-vc every time to enable --verbose.
Is it possible to make it enabled by default?
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Magit Status - always split vertically
Is there a configuration option in Magit that will force the "git status" window to always appear in a vertical split? I didn't see anything about that in the documentation, and Google was rather ...
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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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How to integrate Emacs + Lab + Magit
I'd like to use lab hub wrapper for handling mr/issues of my own custom gitlab server. When I open a pull-request using hub (github) it's works fine the git-commit-mode from magit, syntax highlight ...
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How to customize a magit popup, conditionally on the state of the repository?
In response to a question about adding an action to magit's push menu, I've written an Emacs Lisp command to implement the extension, and I've learned that I can extend the push menu by calling magit-...
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How to extend magit's context-sensitive push menu?
I'm using git to maintain a web site located on a remote server. My workflow has been as follows:
Stage and commit changes to the web site (can do with Magit)
ssh to the remote site and pull the ...
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Mode-line not updated after checking out new branch using Magit
I create and checkout a new local branch via magit. Pressing
M-x magit-status then
b c for branch create
and in the magit buffer I see the new name of the branch that I am apparently on. However ...
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Why does magit now prompt for which submodule to update?
I used to be able to press "o" then "u" (magit-submodule-update) in a magit buffer and have it update all my submodules. Now, it asks me to type in the path of which submodule I want to update. Is ...
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Jump to next merge conflict in project using Magit and Smerge
When I am resolving merge conflicts with Magit and Smerge, is there a way for me to cycle through all merge conflicts in the project? Currently I can only move through them one file at a time.
I ...
