git describe with two tags on the same commit
Questions: We occasionally have two tags on the same commit. When we use git describe for that commit, git describe always returns the first tag. My reading of the git-describe man page seems to indic...
How do I enable https support in libcurl?
Questions: When I try to $ brew update I’m getting the error: error: Protocol https not supported or disabled in libcurl while accessing https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/info/refs?service=git-up...
How to conveniently sync a file between two git repositories
Questions: I have two git local repositories. Both share an identical file, under a different path and under a different name. Currently, when I make changes I have to copy the file from one directory...
Why does git call me "clever" when I reword the last commit message?
Questions: I regularly run git commit --only --amend to reword the commit message of the latest commit I made. This will work irrespective of whether my working directory is clean or not. Today I noti...
File encryption in Git Repository
Questions: Is there any way (in built or add-on) to encrypt individual files in a repository, accessible by limited people. Files when checked in by those folks will auto encrypt and decrypt when chec...
What are typical use cases of git-reset's –merge and –keep flags?
Questions: In a recent answer in which he details the typical use cases of git-reset‘s three most commonly used options (--hard, --mixed, and --soft), torek mentions in passing that git-reset al...
Powerful gitk/gitg alternative?
Questions: I am searching for a graphical git repository viewer. Gitk is nice and distributed alongside git itself, gitg is a (in my opinion) better alternative to gitk but both have a lack of feature...
why does bare repository have HEAD
Questions: I’m wondering what’s the purpose of HEAD in bare repository? Is it just used when repository is cloned to know which branch to checkout in cloned repository? Please note, this q...
Add a git merge driver to the repository?
Questions: 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 "...
Why does git add&remove the Storyboard <classes> section repeatedly?
Questions: When saving the storyboard and committing the changes to git, the chances are good that the whole <classes> section will be removed from or added to source control (git). I am using g...
