Difference between revisions of "Git"

Latest revision as of 14:13, 19 September 2025

Git is a version control system based on a powerful distributed model.

extensions:
- Git-Mediawiki
3rd-party:
- GUI clients:
  - gitk: generally distributed with git
  - git-cola
internals/technical:
- 10.6 Git Internals - Transfer Protocols: could be used to implement a Git server
services - free/open source web-based repository/project managers:
- Gitea
- GitHub is unfortunately owned by Microsoft
- GitLab

Error Code 403 fatal: HTTP request failed may indicate a bad password. I've found that sometimes the password either doesn't paste properly or else isn't being accepted the first time; trying again with the same password may work. (The password is not displayed, so I'm not sure which it is.)

/color prompt: show Git status in the prompt, in colors
Oh Shit, Git!?!: solutions to frequently encountered situations in Git
How to Rename the master branch to main in Git: the GitHub portion of this is also doable in GitLab, though the process is slightly different.
Change the default branch-name:
- How can I create a Git repository with the default branch name other than "master"?: This lets you change the default name of the branch that is created for new repositories.

Pro Git
- 1.3 Getting Started - Git Basics
- 1.6 Getting Started - Getting Help
- 2. Git Basics - "If you can read only one chapter to get going with Git, this is it. This chapter covers every basic command you need to do the vast majority of the things you’ll eventually spend your time doing with Git."
- 4.4 Git on the Server - Setting Up the Server

2019-03-05 Building software together with Git: a non-technical introduction

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 * {{l/sub|gitignore}}
 ===Software===
+* '''extensions''':
+** [[Git-Mediawiki]]
 * '''3rd-party''':
 ** [https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis GUI clients]:
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 * {{l/manpage|git|manpage}}
 ===How To===
+* [[/color prompt]]: show Git status in the prompt, in colors
 * [https://ohshitgit.com/ Oh Shit, Git!?!]: solutions to frequently encountered situations in Git
 * [https://www.git-tower.com/learn/git/faq/git-rename-master-to-main/ How to Rename the <code>master</code> branch to <code>main</code> in Git]: the [[GitHub]] portion of this is also doable in [[GitLab]], though the process is slightly different.