Questions tagged [magit]
is an Emacs extension for the Git version control system.
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Initializing forge-alist
I am trying to initialize Magit Forge's forge-alist programatically. Therefore I put together my first couple of emacs-lisp code. It looks like the following:
(let ((gitlab-install (lambda (host) (...
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Magit continues despite pre-commit hook failing
I have a pre-commit hook in git that returns nonzero on some "fatal" QA checks.
When using git commit on the command line, git bails out. However, when trying the very same commit in Magit, ...
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How to create an annotated tag with an empty message in Magit?
Objective
Create an annotated tag with an empty message, as would be created with the following command.
$ git tag --annotate epic-tag --message=""
Attempts
Create it with M-x magit-tag<...
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Can magit stage a hunk / selected lines in 'diff-mode'?
Is it possible to stage the current hunk or selected lines of the hunk in diff-mode?
For example, when in diff-mode, what command can I run to stage the current hunk?
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How to apply a hunk of changes in diff to current branch?
I have two branches, let's say branch a and b, I would like to apply some changes from b to a.
Note that I use magit-diff to show the differences between the two branches. Then I would like to apply ...
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Is it possible to apply `smerge-keep-mine` for all the conflicts by using a single keybinding?
I am using smerge to resolve conflicts in order to apply merge. I am applying one by one for smerge-keep-mine to all conflicts, which I belive equivalent for git merge --strategy-option ours
[Q] Is it ...
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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: cannot commit error, unsure why
I am getting the error below and I have no clue what could be causing this. Any help is greatly appreciated:
1 git --no-pager --literal-pathspecs -c core.preloadindex\=true -c log.showSignature\=...
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How to keep magit from prompting me for my GitHub username
I'd like to configure magit so that it does not prompt me for my GitHub username when it needs to interact with GitHub in some way (like, say, when doing a push).
My GitHub username is already in the ...
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magit-status open selected buffer change hunk in other window rather then in the same window
I used to have this functionality using code below:
(setq magit-display-file-buffer-function
(lambda (buffer)
(setq current-prefix-arg t)
(magit-display-file-buffer-traditional ...
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Magit git commit isn't working on spacemacs
After installing Magit in spacemacs. I used Helm to create a git repository. I added some files to stage then tried to commit. Let me know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just an issue.
I get:
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Force magit to ask for confirmation before deleting a branch
I would like to have magit ask for confirmation when I've told it to delete a particular branch.
Currently it seems that magit considers the selection of a branch to delete to be the confirmation, as ...
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magit, understand magit-blame
When I enter magit-blame it shows the following lines.
jihae 2020-04-07 14:51 ė¶ķģķ ķģ¼ ģģ , yarn ė¹ ģ§ ė¶ė¶ ģ¶ź°, public path
Eugene Kim 2020-06-04 17:50 config
process.env.__DEV__ = ...
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Is there a way to see a pull-request review status in magit?
I see I can view the github pull requests assigned to me with forge-list-requested-reviews. Is there a way to see the status of each review? For example I've approved some of the pull requests that ...
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Magit remove local branches that were merged into another branch
Explaining the problem more in-depth than the titular definition:
Often I merge branches into master and want to prune based on that. M-p works fantastic for removing the remote branches (eg origin/...
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How to set smerge-command-prefix to “\C-cv”
I find the default prefix for smerge-mode C-c^ and I have following setup:
(setq smerge-command-prefix "\C-cv")
(setq smerge-command-prefix "\C-c\C-v")
Also C-c ^ runs the command ...
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Git commit multiple files
When I go to commit my changes VC seems only allows me to commit one file at a time via C-x v v. Is there a way for VC to commit more than 1 file at a time?
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Magit status is slow on Linux insided virtual machine but fast on native MacOS
In OSX El Capitan, I am using Magit 20171026.217, Git 2.10.1 (Apple Git-78), Emacs 25.1.1, darwin.
In CentOS Release 6.6, I'm using Magit 20180903.2339, Git 2.13.1, Emacs 26.1, gnu/linux.
For the ...
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How to change the default transient level temporarily? (“Show hidden magit commands”)
Many commands that are rarely used in magit are hidden by default. Magit uses the transient.el library for popups and the visibility of infix and suffix commands are controlled by transient-default-...
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Magit configuration file location on Mac
I want to reset Magit defults for particular pop up that was previously saved using magit-popup-save-default-arguments (https://magit.vc/manual/magit-popup.html). Where is the file created by magit-...
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How can I create a new label using Magit forge?
Using Magit Forge, I'd like to create a new label for a new issue. I can edit the Labels field using command forge-edit-topic-labels, but that command accepts only labels that already exist. How can ...
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How to follow commit hashes in commit messages?
Some commit messages contain sha1 hashes of older commits in order to reference these commits, e.g.:
Fixes: deadbeef
Is it possible to visit the referenced commit from the first commit message?
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Syntax highlighting for comments in Magit commit buffers with custom core.commentChar
I frequently source the body of my GitHub PRs from my commits, and thus is makes sense to consider my commits to be made in Markdown (it is nice to have a markup language for commits anyway). Thus I ...
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Extra carriage-return on magit path
I'm having a little trouble with magit and the default-directory variable.
When calling M-x magit-status, an exception is thrown - Setting current directory: No such file or directory, /path/to/git/...
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Unable to push into Github using Magit
When I try to push into my remote repository, the mini buffer says Running git push -v origin master:refs/heads/master but nothing else happens.
Following the manual, I have staged, committed, and ...
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument sequencep all) cl-intersection((all magit) all)
I am trying to use magit-delta (https://github.com/dandavison/magit-delta). I am using GNU Emacs 26.3.
When I add following line ( (magit-delta-mode 1) )into the .emacs file, I get following error:
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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 ...
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Magit - How to expand all and collapse all sections in magit-status
Pressing TAB on a single unstaged file shows or hides details pertaining to that file.
How do I show & hide (toggle) details of all unstaged files at once?
I did come across outline-hide-...
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magit status and git lfs files diff shows pointer diff
When I call magit-status git lfs files are shown as follows.
modified src/myfile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:...
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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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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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How do I stop magit popups on commit?
When I do a commit, magit popups the diff in a separate wm window. I'd like it to show the diff in the same wm window and just split into a different wm window.
I've tried this answer, but it hasn't ...
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Magit forge: updating the branch of a pull request
Does forge support updating the branch of a PR?
Suppose that I checked out a PR branch with b y, and afterwards there were additional commits into this PR.
It seems that I cannot pull these new ...
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git-blame with spacemacs
I'm trying invoke magit-blame in spacemacs. If I do:
SPC g b
Then I see a "git-blame" section at the bottom which says:
Press [_b_] again to blame further in the history, [_q_] to go up or ...
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Reverting a hunk without refreshing in Magit Diff
Typing v in Magit Diff mode causes an often slow and uncecessary refresh. Can this be avoided?
For example when looking at a diff between a range of commits (say origin/mater...HEAD). Typing v (A.K.A. ...
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Magit Move Submodule
In git bash I can use git mv home/subdir_1/my_submod home/subdir_2/my_submod to move a submodule between directories. Git handles changing .gitmodules and stages the change to be committed.
Is there a ...
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Error in newly installed magit -head branch header wrong type argument
I just installed the magit package in emacs 26.3 (using CentOS 7 OS). When I start it with M-x magit, I get the error below. It works fine for me in an older installation, and the only difference I ...
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Show recently used branches
In git I run this command to show recently used branches:
git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --count=10 refs/heads
How do I do this in magit?
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Is there a way to mark certain file types as binary for magit, so that they are not diffed?
Magit sometimes becomes very slow, when it thinks that certain large files should be diffed. Examples for this are SVG graphics or SQL dumps (technically seen as text files). The files are small ...
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Magit split hunk into two hunks
There's a question on SO about splitting hunks using magit, and the two solutions given are to either stage the region (mark a region, hit stage), or to shrink/grow all hunks using + & -. That's ...
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Magit deprecates `magit-popup`. Which of my packages depend on it?
How do I get Emacs to report which packages in my running Emacs depend on magit-popup?
Soon Magit will stop supporting magit-popup because it has transitioned to the replacement transient. Somehow ...
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In magit, the log '-s' option shows ESCAPE characters instead of changing the color of the selected text
Here is an example of a copy of the output of the magit log output with -s with the actual names omitted. (The ESC character precedes each of the [31 and [32 sequences in the following example in the ...
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Is it possible to force `markdown-mode` during git commit?
I was using following answer: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/57535/18414 to set markdown on the .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG file.
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
'("/\\.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG\\'...
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Cannot get Magit to show the commit signatures in the log
In order to prove that I had a signature on a commit I needed to use a this command line command:
$ git log --show-signature -1
I could not get Magit to display the signature
I tried to use the ...
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Deleted package doesn't reappear in the package list
I just deleted magit, but it doesn't reappear in the list as available. I typed g and r, restarted emacs, to no effect. It's not hidden. I use C-s to search for it in the buffer. Supposedly its ...
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Magit error on magit-remote-add
On windows 7 version of spacemacs, with git layer, magit fails when trying to add a remote repository. After I enter the remote name, I get the following error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-...
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How to stage selected lines / hunks in diff-mode?
Is it possible to stage changes in diff-mode? Or is this only possible with magit+ediff?
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How can I open magit-status in a new frame if such a frame does not already exist?
How can I open magit-status in a new frame? I've tried to write a custom function for this but it has some issues as described below.
(spacemacs/set-leader-keys "gs"
(lambda () (interactive)
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Use `git add -N` in magit
Wondering if it's possible to indicate intent to add a file via magit.
The intention would be to stage parts of an untracked file for a commit but leave the rest, rather than the default git add ...
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See untracked file content
I would like to see the content of the untracked files, so I could see what's there and possibly stage only some lines.
I have status.showUntrackedFiles = all, so in magit I can see the files inside a ...
