I am using mercurial for Source Control. I have cloned a repository from address
http://xyz/
Now my repository address is changed to https instead of http.
https://xyz/
How can update this in existing cloned repository so I can pull the latest changes, without cloning the entire repository again?
Just go to settings for the repository. Click on edit file
it should show something like below
[paths]
default = http://xyz
Change it to https and it should resolve the issue
Related
When I edit the project description on GitHub, do I have to pull the changes to my local repository? Or is the project description totally independent of the actual git repository data / commit data?
I changed the description and tried to git pull, but it says the local branch is up to date. Same when trying to commit a test commit without changing any file.
As the project description on github makes no change in your actual projects source tree, basically it means it registers no change or commits. Hence you will not require a pull in your local workspace.
Here's the situation, we are currently working on a project and lately we decided to upload it on GitHub. Now I made my changes and I want to push the changes onto the repository.
As far as I read, in order to make changes you need to clone the repository but that will download all files from the repository and I already have all of the source files.
I'm using GitHub desktop and I can't find any option to clone without downloading and update or create branches from my existing files. Creating a local one is an option but it needs to be uploaded as a separate repository instead of linking it to a current one.
Is there any way to push updates, create branches to the repository from my local project to an existing repository?
Your local project should already be a git repo, if you uploaded it to GitHub.
But in case it is not, switch to command-line, and do inside the root folder of your project (which should shows the same files as your remote repo):
git init .
git remote add origin https://github.com/<user>/<project>
git fetch
The fetch part will download the repo but leave your files alone.
(But do a backup still, just to be safe)
git branch master origin/master
git reset master
From there, your GitHub Desktop should show you any diff between your files and what was fetched from the repo.
I would like to change a swift project from one GitHub account to another account. I want to commit the project to another account but I get an error - I assume I need to remove the .git file from the project but the answer here is not working for me.
Why do that?? No, all you have to do is define the new repo, push to it, then remove the other one. Each Git repo is on a local machine. That repository can be synced with one or more remote repositories. Right now, you probably have GitHub (account 1) setup as origin (a remote). What I would do is:
rename origin to oldrepo or something
create origin with the new url
push to it
Then you can remove the old one.
To edit your remotes, you can either do commands:
git remote remove origin, get remote add origin <newUrl>
or you can edit the .git/config file with an editor.
Git: Working with Remotes
First I have created one project in Eclipse and committed to my GitHub using below commands:git init
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
git remote add origin URI of my repo
git push -u origin master
Then I modified one file in Eclipse and committed to GitHub from Eclipse through creating remote and giving the remote URI of the repo.
I added my team member through add collaborator.
Then he downloaded my project and made a change in a file in Eclipse.
Now, how can he push that modified file to my GitHub repository from within Eclipse?
We have done one thing. He created a remote and gave the URI of my repo. But still we are unable to commit that file.
You need to add your colleague as a collaborator. This can be done in the desired GitHub repo via Settings > Collaborators (you need to type in your password again). Afterwards they have those permissions.
UPDATE
Sorry and good morning ;)
I overlooked that you already added your partner as a collaborator. Another possible reason for your situation could be in the Temporary interaction limits where you can, amongst others, limit the interaction with your repo to prior contributors.
If that doesn't help. Please add some more informations about your colleague's git logs.
UPDATE 2
#Rahul K regarding your comment (which you better add to your question, for faster recognition), your colleague first needs to integrate the remote changes via git pull origin master in order to be able to push his or her changes afterwards. But be aware that he or she might need to migrate any conflicts to files both of you applied changes to.
Best regards, David
I have resolved the issue by cloning the repo in my local folder, adding the project to eclipse and changing the file committed.
Before that you have to add that person as a collaborator. So that he/she can clone your repo using the command below:
git clone "Path to the repository"
This is an old question but I'll like to say this to help others that might still be facing this same issue.
I also faced this issue with a friend. I already made him a collaborator but he couldn't push. What we did to solve it was to clone the repo using the ssh url instead. Then we set up authentication in git with ssh. And we were able push successfully.
If you already cloned the repo with the usual HTTPS url, you can change the remote origin url using the git remote set-url origin <url> command but url here will be the ssh url.
I'm using Eclipse 4.2.1 and EGIT. I've done the following:
Created an account on Github.
Created a Repo and initialized it with a readMe from Github at the time I created it.
Cloned the repo using EGIT.
Created a Java project in Eclipse, a single class with a main method.
Share the project with GIT. Team-> Share Project-> GIT
In the Configure GIT repo dialog: Selected the repo I just cloned from Github.
Do a commit.
Push to remote origin.
Go back to Github and make a change to the readMe. (This shows in the commits on Github)
Fetch the changes with EGIT.
The changed readMe is shown in the remote tracking branch in EGIT but not in my local master branch. I tried refreshing but it still doesn't work. After doing this my local master is one behind and I can't push. I get rejected non-fast forward.
I can fix this by creating a new local branch based on HEAD then merging it into my local master. But why is this happening? Is anyone else experiencing this?
Fetching only gets the changes from github into the remote tracking branch (imagine this as a kind of index) on your local machine, but not into your working directory (the real files you edit). You still have to merge the remote changes into your local branch (which you can do by expanding the repository node Branches -> Remote Tracking -> origin/master and selecting "Merge" in the context menu).
If you always just want to fetch and immediately merge the remote changes, use the "Pull" command instead of the "Fetch" command, it is a combination of fetch and merge.