How do I save/apply a stash with a name? I don't want to have to look up its index number in git stash list. I tried git stash save "my_stash_name", but that only changes the stash descri...

Git clone will clone remote branch into local. Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository?

I think this is not a duplicate of Git undo last commit as it asks how to delete any commit from a branch. I also think non of the answers actually address this question. They all rewind the last commits, not …

How can I download only a specific folder or directory from a remote Git repository hosted on GitHub? Say the example GitHub repository lives here: [email protected]:foobar/Test.git Its directory str...

Say that someone created a branch xyz. How do I pull the branch xyz from the remote server (e.g. GitHub) and merge it into an existing branch xyz in my local repo? The answer to Push branches to Git

Jan 5, 2010 · Don't forget to do a git fetch --all --prune on other machines after deleting the remote branch on the server. ||| After deleting the local branch with git branch -d and deleting the remote …

I'm not really familiar with how git works. I pushed a commit by mistake and want to revert it. I did a git reset --hard HEAD~1 Beware Fellow Googlers: This does not only revert the commit, but

Aug 5, 2022 · I recognized the string "aHR0cHM6" which is "https:" base64-encoded. So I guessed that removing "a1" could give a URL if I base64-decoded the rest of the string (with "==" appended for …

I want to create a patch for a specific commit hash, <rev>. I tried using git format-patch <rev>, but that generated a patch for each commit since the <rev> commit. Is there a way...

I want to create a folder in a GitHub repository and then add files to that folder. How do I achieve this?