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I have been trying to figure this one out but I am having a hard time doing so. I am currently working on an open source project that requires me to allow a user to push to remote repository without it already existing there. I want to avoid manually logging in to a server and running git init or git init --bare . For obvious reasons, I get the following error when trying to push my local repository to a path that doesn't point to an existing repository on the remote server: fatal: '/var/repositories/myrepo' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly But

In making my favorite git log view I've created this alias: graph = log --pretty=format:'%Cgreen%ad%Creset %C(yellow)%h%Creset%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %C(cyan)[%an]%Creset %Cgreen(%ar)%Creset' --date=short --graph This creates an output like: What I'm missing here is the different coloring of branch types like in log --oneline --decorate --graph . The --decorate (which uses =short by default) gives the different recognized branches a different color. The branch types (HEAD, origin/master, origin/HEAD, master) are colored cyan, red, red, green. Mine however are uncolored; colored only with the

I want to colorize git-status output so that: untracked files = magenta new files = green modified files = blue deleted files = red I am instead seeing staged files in green and unstaged files in blue: My .gitconfig is setup with the following based on some searching: [color] status = auto [color "status"] added = green changed = blue untracked = magenta deleted = red VonC From git config doc : color.status.<slot> Use customized color for status colorization. <slot> is one of: header (the header text of the status message), added or updated (files which are added but not committed), changed

Question What's the difference between: $ git remote add origin git@github.com:yourname/yourproject.git $ git config remote.origin.push refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master $ git push and: $ git remote add origin git@github.com:yourname/yourproject.git $ git push origin master -u Is the second version simply newer and shorter than the first version, or are there other differences? Background Research As of Git 1.7.0, you can use the --set-upstream option with git push . According to the git push manual: -u, --set-upstream For every branch that is up to date or successfully pushed, add upstream

I'm creating a merge driver. I have defined a .gitattributes file as follows: filename merge=mergeStrategy I have created the merge driver in $PROJECT/.git/config as follows: [merge "mergeStrategy"] name = My merge strategy driver = scripts/mergeScript.sh This works fine locally, but I would like to commit this merge driver to the git repository so that the merge strategy is in effect for everyone. Is there a way I can add this (or other Git configuration options) to the repository itself? VonC You could simply add and commit (and push) script/mergeScript (along with the .gitattributes file,

Via Github I use the same set of "dot files" on several different computers and servers. On the Macs and Linux boxes under my direct control I have Sublime Text 2 installed and set up as my git merge and commit editor of choice. However, on remote (i.e., not under my direct control) servers I would select to use vim. I would rather not create and maintain a second .gitconfig for those remote servers. Is there a way to do something like this: [core] if [[ $IS_REMOTE -eq 1 ]]; then editor = "vim" else editor = "subl -n -w" fi where I've somehow set $IS_REMOTE based on the hostname? No, Git

Sorry if this question has been asked already. Am cloning from a repo named "git_lab" which has a branch named "test" When cloning i use "-b myname_test" to create a local branch named "myname_test" and local clone is named "myname_git_lab" When i do "git pull" it automatically fetches and merges changes from "test" to "myname_test", but for git push, i need to specify the repo and branch name. $>git remote show git_lab Local branch configured for 'git pull': myname_test merges with remote test Is there a way where i can configure "local branch configured for 'git push'" so that i dont need to