I recently created a project on Eclipse. I set up a git repository on the project. Pushed the code to a new repository on GitLab.
I checked out (Import->Project from Git) the project to another laptop, made updates, committed it as another author and pushed it back to repository (2nd commit /revision). I only removed the target runtimes from the project as the changes.
I went to my 1st laptop and wanted to try update / pull my code. I right-clicked on the repository from the Git Repository view -> Remote -> Fetch. I entered the path to the repository and etc and fetched the repository. But, my project still has the old code having the target runtime. I know I only 'fetched' the repository, not 'pulled' maybe.
So I was confused, the code was not updated. If I am not mistaken, I right-clicked the repository again, clicked on 'Check Out'. This was the result :
After 'Checkin Out', the target runtimes on my project were removed, updated like from the 2nd commit. But there are now 2 branches and 2 refs. I don't what state my local repository is in now. And/but the local master branch was still in 'initial commit', isn't it confusing?.. My code has been updated..
I only read a bit of the git manual online, and I haven't yet be able to wrap my head around concepts like refs.
I could just delete the project and Import->Project from Git, right?
But if I can I would like to know what happened to my project (local repository) and how to fix this?
Thx
I'm not familiar with egit and its menus. But I try to answer your question with git commands which you can run in the console. And I think you can figure out which egit menu items are corresponding to these commands.
You wanted to pull and update the local master in the first laptop repository. You needed git checkout master first, which could be skipped if you were already on master and then git pull origin master. However you did git fetch origin master instead, which just updated origin/master with the new commit. It would have been okay to use git fetch origin master if git merge FETCH_HEAD or git merge origin/master followed imediately, because in many cases pull = fetch + merge, but you didn't.
I guess you then did git checkout origin/master. Checking out origin/master leads to detached HEAD state. To make it easier, you could just consider the detached HEAD as a nameless branch. When you make new commits, this namelss branch will grow. But you can't see these commits on other branches unless you apply these commits to them. Git has some commands to apply commits, including git merge, git rebase, git cherrypick, etc.
To fix the current situation, you can simply run git checkout master;git pull origin master.
So to make my answer more simply. Commit changes on your deateached head and make branch with this commit and then merge it together and push to master.
You can just download again your project if you didn't make changes on detached head that you need.
As the title states, I'm attempting to pull from a git repository that I'm sharing between my friend and I and I can commit, he can commit, but whenever either one of us attempt to pull it brings back that it failed: DIRTY_WORKTREE
Both of us are extremely new to git, and have zero direction on how to fix this issue.
I was able to fix a similar issue by using the git command line client. While eclipse (egit) was only saying DIRTY_WORKTREE, in the command line I saw multiple conflicting files. Using git merge master from the command line, I could easily resolve the conflicts then in eclipse.
So for me this seems to be an egit issue.
Another approach, if you don't have any work in progress, is to try and reset --hard your HEAD.
With EGit: Resetting your current HEAD:
Select Team -> Reset... on a project. This opens a dialog where you can select a branch or a tag.
Reset HEAD on your current branch, in order to reset index and working tree to the last commit of said branch.
Then try your pull.
I had uncommitted changes. After I committed them, then merged, the dirty worktree issue disappeared.
Just delete the .gitignore present in the project folder, and then merge.
The merge will show conflicts , which you need to resolve and then push the changes.
It seems to mean that the version you are on now has edits that are not yet committed. So you either have to remove these edits, or commit them. Notice that if you commit them you may get merge conflicts.
This error is happening when you have made local changes to files that haven't been committed yet. In git's parlance, you have uncommitted changes in your working tree.
When you are in this situation and you try to pull, git is not sure what to do with the local changes you have. Should it discard those and pull the changes from the remote? Should it commit those before pulling the changes from the remote? That's why it fails.
To avoid this problem before you pull changes into your local repository you either have to commit your local changes, stash them, or discard them. Once you don't have pending local changes in your working tree, you should be able to pull with no errors.
In eclipse I went to Team Synchronizing View and from there right clicked on my project and hit 'overwrite' to overwrite all local changes. Then retry your merge.
Only to add another case, I've got DIRTY_WORKTREE, I'm the only one commiting to my Github project, so in EGit I did a Push branch... with "Force overwrite of branch on remote if it exists and has diverged"
DANGER: If other are working on the same project, this action will delete their commits since divergence.
I had similar problem on Eclipse with uncommited changes as ununiform.
After a commited I could merge and everything is back as it should be.
Take a look at your source code and check any changes. If none you can reset hard.
Delete the affected files and try to pull again. Thereafter push your changes to the git. I has the same issue and this worked for me.
In my case, the DIRTY_WORKTREE was caused by this sequence:
In a commit, I committed also some files that I should have ignored
In the next commit I modified the .gitignore that ignore the above files
Try to rebase on top of another branch where my change to .gitignore is missing
In this scenario, Eclipse thinks your working tree is dirty. Indeed, it is not obvious comparing two filesets when one of the two is ignoring some files and the other is not.
To solve the issue in Eclipse, I did the following:
Modify the .gitignore so it is the same as the one in the branch I want to rebase on
Happily start the rebasing or rebasing with merge.
If you have changes without commiting, eclipse will advise you if you try to pull changes. To solve it, you can discard the changes or do the commit of these files.
Source: https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=890477&goto=1565668&#msg_1565668
If you want to override you local branch to the origin branch.
Go to Git repo view> click on origin master> Choose reset ->it will show current HEAD and resetting to branch.
Choose HARD reset, if you want to completely overwrite your local changes
I think this problem is caused by EGit version.
When I used Spring Tools Suite with EGit 2.6, I also faced same problems.
EGit is included in STS Default package, so EGit upgrade is very difficult.
Currently I am using eclipse WTP with EGit 3.7, this problem is disappeared.
Assuming I have a synchronized working copy, local Git repository and remote Git repository.
I'm not totally sure if the working copy and the local repository are really synchronized. But they do have the same files and I have "no changes" denoted between working copy and local repository.
My initial state of the repository looks like this (I'm working on a Branch called "GenerateContent"):
Now I make some changes to my working copy and commit them to the local "GenerateContent" branch.
Now the problem occurs: Instead of using the current commit-state as a parent, an earlier state is used as a parent. You can see this in the screenshot:
From this emerge many problems. For example I have to merge my changes with an older version.
This problem does occur only in EGit (Eclipse Git). When I do the same changes in eclipse, but do the commit from another software (SourceTree), then the tree stay's linear.
What do I do wrong in EGit? How can I fix this issue?
Can you file an EGit bug for this and attach your sample repository? If you can't publish the repository, the output of git log --oneline --graph --all --decorate may help to understand the situation before and after the commit.
I have Branch A and Branch B in the local branch folder.
Branch A is under working.
Now I want to switch to B.
The window pops out:
Checkout Conflicts
The files shown below have uncommitted changes which would be lost by checking out 'master'.
Either commit the changes, stash the changes, or discard the changes by resetting the current branch.
project.properties.
There are 3 options:
Commit..
Stash...
Reset
No matter which option I choose, it does not work.
For example, if I choose "Stash" option, it says:
"The repository does not contain any local changes to stash".
I suspect the egit records have some conflicts, so it cannot know how to do the next step.
The only way:
To remove the local branches, and clone the remote repository to the local?
This needs cost some time for downloading.
I had the same problem. EGit complaint about .class files which were not commited. I deleted the .class files and was able to switch to the desired branch without problems.
IMO removing local branch is not required.
I suggest first to pull the remote changes to local Branch A.
Resolve any conflicts while pulling the changes if any. Refer this video
Add your changes to Git staging area just by dragging the the files from unstaged area to staged area refer pic below.
Click on commit button, then push the changed to remote branch.
After doing this Branch A will be clean, then you can switch to Branch B just by double clicking on it or by right clicking on the repository node and selecting Switch to option in Git repository view.
Also I suggest to use the latest stable Egit plugin from here
So Eclipse's git plugin - eGit - has been supporting submodules for a while now (they added support in 1.3 release on February 15, 2012, so over a year now). I've just started to use them. I am able to add a submodule without a problem, I can create and checkout a branch inside the submodule for my local patches. I can also create a commit in the submodule.
But how do I update master repository with the pointer to the new commit? When I choose "Update submodule" it rather reverts me back to the original commit that was checked out upon adding the submodule (which isn't surprising when you think what git submodule update does). When I hit "Sync submodule" it doesn't appear to do anything at all.
So is there a way to make the master repo aware of the new commits in the submodule using eGit? I know perfectly well how to do that from the command line, but still I am trying to find out if that is possible from eGit.
Once you have modified a submodule, the Egit status done on the parent repo level should detect that this submodule has changed.
(git status, -- or gitsubmodule status implemented in JGit -- would detect any change in the submodules)
You should be able to commit, in the parent repo, even if no other files (of the parent repo) have changed, because of the "modified" state of the submodule.
That commit, recording a new SHA1 in the .gitmodules file and a special entry in the working tree, will record the new state of that submodule in the parent repo.