github-for-windows

In my project I have config files that have private information. I committed some example templates to Github, but I have the actual configs in my working copy so I can build from it and I don't want them available to commit. I tried using .gitignore, but the templates are already tracked. I tried git rm filename but that tries to delete the templates. I tried git update-index --assume-unchanged filename and git update-index --skip-worktree filename but they still show up as "modified" when using git status (and under Files to Commit in Github for Windows). Is there any way to ignore changes

I just tried to do the dutiful thing and backup my work to github, since I had not done a commit in a few weeks due to working on a large work area. Github for windows notified me it needed to download the latest update and it did so. I opened the repo, then did a commit. When I hit sync, it deleted all 138 new files from disk and reset to the last commit more than a month ago. It also overwrote all existing files that were modified with the old version. I have no backup... this was meant to be the fscking backup. Is there some magic git command to undo this shitstorm, or will I need to try

When I cloned a remote repository, I used the following command- git clone -b mybranch --single-branch git://sub.domain.com/repo.git After that, when I did a git branch -l it just showed me the branch I cloned. Now, I want a pull of another branch, but it is not showing me other branches. What should I do? You can list the branches directly on the remote with git ls-remote command: git ls-remote git://sub.domain.com/repo.git Then use git fetch command to fetch a specific branch and git checkout command to switch to the branch. git branch -l shows you local branches. You want remote branches,

I suddenly got errors when I was using git last week, for no apparent reason. I only have access to a windows PC. The errors I'm getting doesn't seem to give me any clear answers as to what went wrong, how, and what I need to do to fix it. The error happened right after I cloned an empty repository, and I've been uninstalling and reinstalling GitHub for Windows ever since, I usually only use the Git Shell that comes installed with, but the GUI is also having problems doing anything beyond starting up. The error in it's entirety: WARNING: posh-git requires Git 1.7.2 or better. You have . Couldn

How to sync my local Android Studio project with the latest code on github ? I want to download all the latest changes but I don't want my local changes overwritten . If there is a conflict, it should ask me to resolve those particular files. Is there a way to achieve this? "I want to download all the latest changes but I don't want my local changes overwritten" You probably want to 'fetch' the upstream before merging your changes then. VCS -> Git -> Fetch, this will update all your branches, so you can check them and later use VCS -> Git -> Merge Changes to update your local code. That's what