Is there any way we can move a particular branch from bitbucekt repository to Github repository?
Is there any way Bitbucket repository can be moved to Github without moving the commit history(without removing the git folder and re-initializing the git)
You can add multiple remotes to a repository with git remote add. Once a remote exists, you can push whatever you like to it.
In this case, you can push the branch named newbranch to a new GitHub-hosted remote by doing something like this:
git remote add github https://user#github.com/owner/repo
git push github newbranch
This will include all commits associated with that branch, because that's how Git works. (If you just want to give somebody a copy of the code that doesn't include any history, then you should use git archive instead.) It will not automatically update the GitHub version with changes made on Bitbucket or vice versa, though you can push updates manually or with a script.
I have a forked repo. The original repo has been updated and I need to pull in these changes. I would prefere to use github.com for this rather than the command line if possible.
From the github.com page of my fork I have a button called Compare which allows me to compare my branches with the branches in the original repo, and merge if there are changes. This should do what I want except that the changes I need to update are in a new branch that isn't in my repo.
IMHO, the best way to do this is by installing the Pull app in GitHub.
After forking a repository, you can then enable the app for the
repository, and then configure the app for the forked repository. 🙂
I've been a great fan of Plastic SCM for a while now, using it locally for my own personal projects. Lately I've decided to contribute to an open source project on github. Since Plastic SCM can be used as a github client I decided to use it as such.
Now this is my first time using github, so I followed the classic github workflow as described in all the tutorials:
Fork the repo to get your own copy
Sync the Plastic SCM repo with the personal github repo
Commit changesets in Plastic SCM
Sync the Plastic SCM repo with github again
So far everything went fine. I contributed my code, uploaded it to github and saw all the changesets and branches appear in the github webui.
Next I put in a pull request to the original repo I forked from. This is where my problems start. The pull request was accepted, and a new changeset appeared in the original repo which contains my pull request. It seems all my intermediate branches did not transfer to the original repo either.
As shown in the network graph above, the original repo (purple) is now no longer in sync with mine. I started with further development in another branch (VEH003) but this one seems to be completely disconnected from the original repo (purple).
In my Plastic SCM client I can see exactly the same network graphs in the branch explorer, with the exception of the purple branch.
I read that to update your fork with the changesets from the original repo this has to be done explicitly, and in your local git repository (github help). Now I don't know how this is done using Plastic SCM.
To sync your local fork with the original repo, as described in the github help, you need to merge the upstream master branch with your local master branch.
The point here is that Plastic SCM does not track or sync the upstream references (the references of the original repo), just your github's repo references.
To be able to update your fork, and continue working with Plastic SCM you should use the command line git client to perform the update following the guide you linked, push the local git changes to your github repository and then sync Plastic SCM with github to get the changes. Step by step:
Use the git client to clone your github repository
git clone your-fork-url
Add the upstream repository.
git remote add upstream original-repo-url
Fetch the upstream references.
git fetch upstream
Merge upstream changes to your master branch.
git checkout master
git merge upstream/master
Push master branch to your github repository.
git push origin master
Sync Plastic SCM with your github repo.
I finished coding a website in my local computer. Now need upload it to one branch github repo. like https://github.com/xxxx/test.git branch 001
Can you tell me how to commit it in the repo branch
I have already create a local repo commit all files into it by Netbeans. So How can i push the local repo to remote repo branch?
Thanks
When you locally create a branch Git automatically takes care of creating a new branch on the remote server. Just normally do
git push
It will create the branch on the remote server.
Is there a way to fork from a specific branch on GitHub? … For example, moodle has many branches (1.9, 2.0 … and so on). Can a clone be performed of just branch 1.9 and not the master branch always? Is it possible to clone a specific branch onto my PC?
I don’t know a native way yet, but you can do it following this recipe:
Fork the repository in question (called ‘upstream’) on the GitHub website to your workspace there.
Run the GitHub desktop application and clone the repository onto your PC.
Use the GitHub desktop application to open a shell in the repository. (The git commands are not available from the default PowerShell unless you configure that manually.)
Set the source repository as upstream:
git remote add upstream https://github.com/{user}/{source-repo}.git
Fetch the full upstream repository. (Right now, you only have a copy of its master branch.)
git fetch upstream
Make your file system copy the branch you want and give it any name:
git checkout upstream/{branch-in-question}
git checkout -b temporary
Publish your repo using the GitHub desktop application.
On the GitHub website, open your repository and click ‘settings’.
Change the “Default branch” to ‘temporary’. (Just change the drop-down menu, you don’t need to click the “Rename” button.)
Go back to your repository, go to the ‘branches’ tab, now you can delete the “master” branch.
Delete the master branch on your shell and make a new master branch:
git branch -d master
git branch master
git checkout master
git -d temporary
Once more, publish your repo using the GitHub desktop application.
On the GitHub website, open your repository and click ‘settings’.
Change the “Default branch” back to the (new) ‘master’ branch.
Go back to your repository, go to the ‘branches’ tab, now you can delete the “temporary” branch.
This should be what you were looking for. Perhaps GitHub will provide a more convenient way to do this in future (e.g., clicking “Fork” from a project’s branch results in exactly this behaviour).
Cloning means that you create a copy of the whole repository in your account including all branches and tags. However you are free to switch and track branches however you like.
No command line needed. Just create a new branch in your forked repository in GitHub. GitHub will ask you if you want to clone/mirror this new branch from the upstream repository. You can give any name to the new branch.
Yes, you can clone the single branch. For example, you have a branch named release1.0. If you would like to clone this branch into your pc then use the following line of code:
$ git clone git#bitbucket.org:git_username/git_repository_example -b release1.0 --single-branch
For those who don't like working with command-line. Here is a simple guide using the desktop client for GitHub:
Click the fork button of the repo on GitHub.com:
Make sure you have the desktop client installed
Click this button:
Clone the repo
In the desktop client, select the desired branch
Select the branch you'd like to work on and you're done
I'm posting here the method I've used.
Like the OP I wanted to only copy/fork one branch. But couldn't find an easy way.
in your repo create a new branch. It doesn't need to have the same name as the branch you want to fork
once created, verify that it is the selected branch, and click "Compare"
reverse the order of comparison (I have a userscript for that, see my profile if it's something you want to test).
the "base" repository must be yours, with the branch you've created
the "head" repository is the original, and the branch is the branch you want to fork
hit "create pull request" and continue until the PR is applied
That's it. You have the branch forked.
I'm using bitbucket but I'm sure this would work for GitHub as well.
Create a new repository
Checkout the branch using GitExtensions
Click Push to open the Push dialog
Set the destination URL to the new repository
Set the destination branch to "master"
Push
Your new repository will have the full history of the one branch only (not all branches like forking will have).
A fast, alternative approach is to create your own new repo.
Go to https://github.com/new and make a new repo. Do not initialize with README.
Scroll down to get your git remote
Then:
git remote rm origin
git config master.remote origin
git config master.merge refs/heads/master
// Run code from above image
git push --set-upstream origin yourbranchname
You will have a new repo with the original repo's code and a branch that can be made into a pull request.
SOLUTION:
For remote repository on GitHub and local repository
After fork all branches to your GitHub repository, you can delete Redundant branches in your GitHub repository.
And then you can only clone the branches you need to local.
Step One
Step Two
Only For local repository
git clone -b <branch name> --single-branch <repository>
If you want to further save your disk space, you can clone remote repository without history:
git clone -b <branch name> --depth 1 <repository>
notice: --depth implies --single-branch unless --no-single-branch is given.
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone
Switch to the branch you need in source repo
Click "Fork". You'll get forked master and the branch you're in.
I don't know how it works with more branches, but for my needs worked pretty well.