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Git is not working after macOS update ("xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools")
I updated to the latest OS, and/or restarted my computer (this happens on every major update, but this time all I did was restart my computer on 2022-09-13).
This morning I navigated to my work's ...
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How can I Remove .DS_Store files from a Git repository?
How can I remove those annoying Mac OS X .DS_Store files from a Git repository?
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How do I update the password for Git?
I'm using BitBucket with Xcode and Git for version control, and recently I changed all of my passwords (thanks Adobe!).
Unsurprisingly, I'm no longer able to push my local commits to my repository on ...
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Git ignore file for Xcode projects
Which files should I include in .gitignore when using Git in conjunction with Xcode?
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.gitignore all the .DS_Store files in every folder and subfolder
I've added .DS_Store to the .gitignore file, but it seems that it is only ignoring .DS_Store in the root directory, not in every folder and subfolder.
How do I fix this?
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Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary, especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch
I am using Git. I did a pull from a remote repo and got an error message:
Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,
especially if it merges an updated upstream into a ...
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How to upgrade Git to latest version on macOS?
I just bought a new Mac and I checked in the Terminal what version of git is installed by default. I got the answer
git --version
> git version 1.7.5.4
I would like to upgrade git to the latest ...
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Install gitk on Mac
How can I install gitk on a Mac?
From their official website, it seems gitk comes with Git, but the version of my Git (git version 1.7.12.4 (Apple Git-37)) does not come with gitk.
brew install gitk ...
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I change the capitalization of a directory and Git doesn't seem to pick up on it
I'm developing a project on OS X Lion that is under Git version control. I had these lowercase directories and then later capitalized them (e.g. emailaddresses => EmailAddresses), but Git doesn't seem ...
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git mv and only change case of directory
While I found similar question I didn't find an answer to my problem
When I try to rename the directory from FOO to foo via git mv FOO foo I get
fatal: renaming 'FOO' failed: Invalid argument
OK. ...
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Git doesn't work on MacOS Catalina: "xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing" [duplicate]
After upgrading to MacOS X 10.15 Catalina, I cannot run any git commands in my shell:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run chsh -s /bin/zsh.
For ...
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(Mac) -bash: __git_ps1: command not found
I'm trying to change my command promt in terminal. I keep getting the error:
-bash: __git_ps1: command not found
I've tried it just by typing it into the terminal as is: __git_ps1. I've also tried it ...
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How to configure Mac OS X term so that git has color? [closed]
I've seen a Mac OS X git demo online in which it's configured to have multiple colors.
For example, his prompt is amber, his ls directory is purple and his git diff output has ~ 4 colors (pink, light ...
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How to locate the git config file in Mac [duplicate]
As title reads, how to locate the git config file in Mac? Not sure how to find it. Need to set
git config --global http.postBuffer 524288000
Need some guidance on finding it..
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Homebrew’s `git` not using completion
When using OSX’s git, after I modify a file I can simply do git commit <tab>, and that’ll auto complete the file’s name to the one that was modified. However, if I install a newer version of git ...
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How do you reset the stored credentials in 'git credential-osxkeychain'?
I've followed the GitHub instructions for setting up my account, and I'm able to clone, but I'm unable to push remotely.
When I do a "git push" I get the 403 error. It has the correct URL. I tried a "...
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How can I display the current branch and folder path in terminal?
I've been watching some of the Team Treehouse videos and they have a very nice looking terminal when working with Git.
For example they have (something similar):
mike@treehouseMac: [/Work/test - ...
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Locate Git installation folder on Mac OS X
I'm just curious, Where Git get installed (via DMG) on Mac OS X file system?
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Should I git ignore xcodeproject/project.pbxproj file?
in a XCode project, I offen got xcodeproject/project.pbxproj file changed, but useless info for me, it for compile.
Should I git ignore this file and xcodeproject/projectxworkspace/username....
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OS X - Can't start Git: /usr/bin/git Probably the path to Git executable is not valid
I get this error in Android Studio:
Can't start Git: /usr/bin/git
Probably the path to Git executable is not valid.
It gives me an option to fix it, where it takes me to the area in ...
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Git error "fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD': unknown revision or path not in the working tree"
I'm trying to initialize a new Git repository from Debian (actually a VM on VirtualBox, installed and running on Mac OS X):
cd ~
mkdir test
cd test
git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/...
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How to add /usr/local/bin in $PATH on Mac
When I do 'open .profile' in the terminal I have the following:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin
Now I installed node.js for Mac and it says,
Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.
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git - gpg onto mac osx: error: gpg failed to sign the data
I installed GPG from brew.
brew install gpg
It is gnupg2-2.0.30_2.
When I commit, I do get a error message:
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Max Mustermann (mycomment) <...
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Show system files / Show git ignore in osx
By default it is not possible to see .gitignore files in osx. What is command to reveal these files?
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Switching branch on Xcode 9
I am having trouble finding the menu item to switch branch using Xcode 9. The working copies menu seems to have disappeared. Any ideas?
Xcode 9
Xcode 8
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How to discard uncommitted changes in SourceTree?
I'm new to the Git environment, and I'm using BitBucket with SourceTree on Mac. All I want to do now is to discard the changes since last commit. How should I do this? I haven't found anything like &...
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Git on Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion)
I just upgraded my Mac to Mac OS X v10.7 (Lion), and now Git is gone:
$ git
-bash: git: command not found
How can I get Git back?
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No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/git
I have been struggling with this for a few hours. I am on a Mac using Yosemite. I had homebrew installed, and was using git just fine. I tried doing $git add -i and I got this error:
Can't locate ...
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How to get rid of ESC[ characters when using git diff on Mac OS X Mavericks?
Since I installed OS X Mavericks, the result of the command git diff is rendering ESC[xxx characters like this:
ESC[1mdiff --git a/console/org.linkedin.glu.console-webapp/decorate-grails-methods-...
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How to suppress the editor for `git rebase --continue`?
I'm often rebasing interactive to make tiny changes in the history (for example removing a blank line, or editing one line). In most cases those changes are based on some peer review.
At first I do my ...
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Git and the Umlaut problem on Mac OS X
Today I discovered a bug for Git on Mac OS X.
For example, I will commit a file with the name überschrift.txt with the German special character Ü at the beginning. From the command git ...
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Homebrew update fail: "Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge"
I am running:
brew update
And I get an error:
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
samtools.rb
Please, commit your changes or stash them before you ...
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How to ignore Icon? in git
While trying to setup a dropbox folder with git, I saw a "Icon\r" file which is not created by me. I try to ignore it in the ~/.gitignore file. But adding Icon\r Icon\r\r Icon? won't work at all.
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Git not removing files when switching branch
Sometimes when switching branches using Git (version 1.7.2.1)
it does not seem to remove the files/directories I created specific to the branch I switched away from.
Neither does it list it as ...
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How to Run Terminal as Administrator on Mac Pro
I am using a Mac for the first time and need to run Terminal as an admin. I have installed NodeJs and Git and want to download Phone Gap/Corova but when I try to install Cordova, it comes back with an ...
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How to configure kdiff3 instead of emerge as a git mergetool?
I have Git on mac OSX Snow Leopard and I tried to edit my merge and diff tool to use kdiff3 instead of emerge.
But when I try to use it does not launch the GUI of kdiff and keeps me with a cmd based ...
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scrolling down git diff from mac terminal
I am using git on terminal on OS X 10 Yosemite.
When I do git diff I get long list of changes and sometimes I just need to scroll to the end but I couldn't figure out a way to do that other than to ...
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How to use git mergetool's filemerge
The documentation is here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-mergetool.html
A handy guide is here: http://ryanflorence.com/git-for-beginners/
However, neither of them explain how to ...
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How to handle Asian characters in file names in Git on OS X
I'm on US-English OS X 10.6.4 and try to store files with Asian characters in its name in a Git repository.
OK, let's create such a file in a Git working tree:
$ touch どうもありがとうミスターロボット.txt
Git ...
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How to access and modify a SSH file on mac? [closed]
I'm trying to setup SSH on my computer but not sure how to access the ~/.ssh/config file. From github's website they mention this file has to be modified but I'm not sure where its located or how to ...
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Homebrew install: Failed during: git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/master -n --depth=1
I ran the following command on terminal (Mac El Capitan)
$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
and got the following error message:
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Setting Visual Studio Code as my Mac's default editor (including editing Git commits)
I am trying to configure my Mac Book Pro (OSX El Capitan 10.11.1) to use Visual Studio Code as its default editor. I have created a ~/.bash_profile file with the following two lines
vscode () { ...
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git-gui command crashes on macOS Sierra
After update to macOS Sierra, git-gui command crashes with an error:
Wish[23862:202062] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'CALayerInvalidGeometry', reason: 'CALayer position contains NaN: ...
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Case-sensitive path collisions on case-insensitive file system when I do git clone
when I git clone the repository the following warning appears:
...
warning: the following paths have collided (e.g. case-sensitive paths
on a case-insensitive filesystem) and only one from the same
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Using vim for git commit messages broken after updating janus
After updating the janus vim distribution there appears to be a problem with using vim for commit messages. The best example of this is when doing a git pull to get someone else's changes. The vim ...
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Git: File Rename
I wanted to rename a folder from "Frameworks" to "frameworks", but git would not let me add the new lowercase name. I guess it treats filenames case insensitive, does it?
A git add frameworks/ -f ...
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remove .git/index.lock': Permission denied
I'm completely stuck as to why my git has completely locked me out. I have a laptop that I use at work and when I'm home. For both accounts I use git extensively and both are located in different ...
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Is there a good (visual) Git tool for Mac OS X or Windows? [closed]
I'm looking at porting my projects to Git from SVN (I'm convinced that Git is worth the move) and I'm trying to come up with a set of tools to use for the project. I've googled around for some tools ...
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Git diff: Write output and exit instead of interactive mode
When I run git diff on my OSX command line, the output is displayed inside a less or vim interface. The interface lets me to scroll up and down, and quit using the q key.
This is very annoying, ...
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Set Visual Studio Code to be global Git editor on OSX
I want to set VS Code to be my default git editor for commands such as rebase. This doesn't seem to be documented on the VS Code website. I've found a SO question about doing it for Windows, which ...
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