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Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches discouraged

Akash Mittal
October 15, 2022

You pulled from git using command git pull origin master and got a warning – “Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is discouraged“ in this form – This…

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Git unexpected disconnect while reading sideband packet – Code Example

Akash Mittal
September 27, 2022

Suppose you are downloading a 50GB movie and you have 1MBps or 8mbps connection. It will take around 50 x 1024 seconds. That is, around 15 hours. In these 15…

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Git clean your repository working tree before checkout – Code Example

Akash Mittal
September 12, 2022

VSCode throws error “clean your repository working tree before checkout” when you have unstaged changes and trying to push your code. In this article we will look at the ways…

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Git fatal this operation must be run in a work tree – Code Example

Akash Mittal
September 9, 2022

Git throws the fatal error that operation must be run in a work tree if you try to run a command outside the directory where git is absent. To understand…

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Unable to negotiate with ip:22: no matching host key found – Code Example

Akash Mittal
August 30, 2022

You get Unable to negotiate with ip port 22: no matching host key type found error when you try to authenticate on Github with SSH using ssh-rsa algorithm. ssh-rsa is…

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Prevent re-entering of password in git pull – Code Example

Akash Mittal
August 30, 2022

To prevent re-entering of password in git pull or git push, you can edit your .git/config file in the project and update the remote url value. Add user token before…

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COMMIT_EDITMSG open when commit in VSCode

Akash Mittal
August 13, 2022

COMMIT_EDITMSG is a file which VSCode opens when you do not provide commit message in the Source Control plugin box – The COMMIT_EDITMSG file looks like this – Here you…

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error: There was a problem with editor “git-editor.sh” supply the message

Akash Mittal
August 13, 2022

Git throws Error: Bad status code: 500; error: There was a problem with the editor “git-editor.sh” Please supply the message using either -m or -F option, when you forget to…

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git error Invalid syntax in configuration ini file – Code Example

Akash Mittal
August 30, 2022

So you are trying to commit to git and getting [ERROR] Invalid syntax in configuration ini file. Right? Well this is generally caused by hooks installed in your git directory.…

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Git rename local branch – git branch -m oldname newnm – Code Example

Akash Mittal
August 30, 2022

In this article we will show you the command to rename local and remote branch of git. Code Example – 1. Rename local git branch – 2. Rename remote git…

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Commands to delete local & remote git branches – Code Example

Akash Mittal
September 30, 2022

In this article we will show you the commands to delete git branch locally and remotely. Local Branch Delete – For force delete – Remote Branch Delete – Local remote-tracking…

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fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at ‘…’ git – Code Example

Akash Mittal
August 30, 2022

In this article I will show you the solution to the git error – fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at ‘…’. This error shows that there are issues with…

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Git Essentials – Most useful GIT commands

Akash Mittal
June 14, 2021

In this article I am going to list most useful and essential GIT commands which you may require in almost all of your projects. This is the cheat sheet for…

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Git Error: refusing to merge unrelated histories

Akash Mittal
April 6, 2021

Git throws error: refusing to merge unrelated histories, when git history is lost or got corrupted and you try to merge the pull. The solution to this problem is to…

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error: src refspec master does not match any

Akash Mittal
April 6, 2021

Git throws error: src refspec master does not match any, due to a number of reasons and most common are – Wrong or spelling mistake in branch name, using older…

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! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined) – Git Error

Akash Mittal
February 14, 2021

! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined) is the error we receive when either the branch is marked protected or you don’t have permission to push. According to…

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! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward) – Git Error

Akash Mittal
February 14, 2021

! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward) error indicates that in order to complete your commit request, git has to lose some previous commits. This is not good because it leads…

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! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) – Git

Akash Mittal
February 14, 2021

! [rejected] master -> master (fetch first) is a Git error which indicates that you need to fetch the repository first before committing to it. In Git, sometimes you get…

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