May 3, 2017 · 333 git-filter-repo git recommends using the third-party add-on git-filter-repo (when git filter-branch command is executed). There is a long list of reasons why git-filter-repo is …

First, view the existing remotes to verify which URL is currently set: git remote -v Then, you can set it with: git remote set-url origin <NEW_GIT_URL_HERE> See git help remote. You also …

321 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 …

Note that this will still download the whole repository from the server – only the checkout is reduced in size. At the moment it is not possible to clone only a single directory. But if you …

Oct 10, 2015 · 7969 To obtain only the remote URL: git config --get remote.origin.url If you require full output, and you are on a network that can reach the remote repo where the origin resides: …

Mar 19, 2019 · For example, the patch below can fix a git repo where some object files are damaged. Of course, the recovery is only partial: files in the damaged objects are lost, even …

How would I count the total number of lines present in all the files in a git repository? git ls-files gives me a list of files tracked by git. I'm looking for a command to cat all those files.

I want to remove a file from my repository. git rm file_to_remove.txt will remove the file from the repository, but it will also remove the file from the local file system. How do I remove this file

The git-filter-repo tool removes remote remote info by design and suggests a new remote repo (see point 4). This makes sense for big shared repos but might be overkill for getting rid a …

Say that someone created a branch xyz. How do I pull the branch xyz from the remote server (e.g. GitHub) and merge it into an existing branch xyz in my local repo? The answer to Push …