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Github for Windows is a Windows client for the Github social coding community. It also offers integration with non GitHub-hosted git repositories.

Github for Windows is a Windows client for the GitHub social coding community. It also offers integration with non GitHub-hosted git repositories. Thought this is primarily a GitHub client it can also be used for standalone git projects that you might not wanted published on GitHub.

Questions with this tag should relate to the GitHub for Windows client, and not to Git or GitHub as a whole.

The official website for the application is: http://windows.github.com/

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What is the meaning of revert this commit and roll back this commit in GitHub for Windows?

Github for Windows features these two commands described as: revert this commit - create a new commit that reverts the changes of this commit rollback this commit - roll back this commit leaving all changes made in this and later commits in your…
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git does not recognize exe file

I'd like to upload NuGet.exe to github but all exe files are not listed to my local repository. I did upload NuGet.exe file about two weeks ago at another project repo, but now I cannot upload any exe file at all. There is no global .gitignore that…
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How to run stash in Github Desktop?

How do you run stash in GitHub Desktop on Windows? The feature is available in Sourcetree but I'm unable to find it in GitHub Desktop.
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How to change git shell's start directory in windows 7

I downloaded and installed the programs offered by GitHub including Git Shell. The problem is that I want to set up the home directory of the Git Shell program to a custom one, but I don't know how to do that. I tried changing the "start in" field…
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Github for windows - ssh-agent.exe using high CPU + 100% disk?

I've just installed Github for Windows on my Windows 8.1 machine and it appears to work fine except that my machine performance drops down dramatically. Looking at task manager I see that ssh-agent.exe is using a constant 25% CPU (no doubt 100% of…
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Setting colors for ls in git bash on windows

I have installed GitHub for Windows recently and am using the git bash prompt - the one thing that is bugging me right now is when I type LS all directories are listed in blue. How do I change my git bash shell so that when I type LS the directories…
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GitHub for Windows - is it open source?

Is GitHub for Windows open source? If so, I can't seem to find the repository.
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On Windows git: “error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on the working directory”

I had the error: “error: Sparse checkout leaves no entry on the working directory” when trying to set up a sparse checkout in git on windows. I've answered my own question after researching the issue and finding the full answer spread out across…
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Git Compare files before commit

Is there a functionality in git where I could compare my local files to a git source control prior to committing changes?
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Git command could not be found. Please create an alias or add it to your PATH

After updating github, I am getting these WARNING. git command could not be found. Please create an alias or add it to your PATH. Warning: Could not find ssh-agent. When I am trying any commands, I get error messages. After searching, I found…
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Installing GitHub for Windows

I'm trying to install GitHub for Windows. I tried installing it the normal way and got this error: Application installation did not succeed. Cannot locate application files on the server. Contact the application vendor or your administrator for…
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Git - fatal: remote origin already exists

I can not create origin remotely with remote command: $ git remote add origin https://github.com/LongKnight/git-basics.git fatal: remote origin already exists. To solve the error, I have tried this: $ git remote -v origin $ git remote -v show…
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Github Desktop: "Update from " button

In this picture below from the Github(c) Desktop App there ist this button "Update from master" (in this case). I was wondering if anyone had the insight what exact git function it triggers. Primarily I'm interested if merge or rebase is used. (I…
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How to commit all file except one in GitHub for Windows

I want to commit all files except for one file. Can I do that using the GitHub for Windows client or do I need to use the command line? If I need to use the command line, how do I use it?
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How to remove unsynced commits in github for windows?

I have two unsynced commits using GitHub (Windows), but don't want to commit them now. How can I revert or drop them?
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