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GitX is a GUI git tool made for Mac OS X.

GitX is a GUI tool for git management made for Mac OS X.

It is also available for Ubuntu under the name 'gitg'

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What are the differences between git branch, fork, fetch, merge, rebase and clone?

I want to understand the difference between a branch, a fork and a clone in Git? Similarly, what does it mean when I do a git fetch as opposed to a git pull? Also, what does rebase mean in comparison to merge? How can I squash individual commits…
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Can git ignore a specific line?

I'm using git to sync to phonegap while testing on the phone's native browser. As such I have the following line: var isPhoneGap = false; Obviously I change this when building, but is there any way I can set up git to ignore this one line or do I…
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Gitx on mac os Sierra: Objective-C garbage collection is no longer supported

After upgrading to Sierra(10.12) I have an issue with garbage collection within GitX. objc[2253]: Objective-C garbage collection is no longer supported.
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Git post-commit hook as a background task

I have a script, that I need to run after committing to a project under git revision control. Therefore I created a post-commit hook in my projects .git directory in the subdirectory /hooks, named it 'post-commit' and gave it the following…
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how can I do a git pull in the gitg / gitx visual tool?

I can do a push using gitg and push my code to the remote master branch but I can't see any option to do a git pull. I am on Ubuntu 10 and 11
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make GitX open via Terminal for the repo laying at the current path

I usually start gitx via the terminal command $ gitx Normally, when I'm at /path/to/repo as pwd in terminal, gitx was opening that repos log. I don't know if it was an update or if I changed some settings, but since some time, gitx opens blank,…
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GitX - How do you view a single file's commit history?

Using GitX, how do I view the revision history for a single file? (using the command-line interface preferably) E.g using GitK this is rather simple; $ gitk app/models/activity.rb
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Where can I download the latest gitx app (dmg) from gitx branch

The gitx version on trunk is out of date, https://github.com/pieter/gitx/wiki/ but its time consuming to download and compile the latest code from branch. https://github.com/laullon/gitx/tree/ Has any one got a download link to a latest branch…
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Quick guide to get started using Git + GitX with Xcode projects on the mac?

Using Git on the mac feels like a huge pain, and the Git documentation is just huuuuuuuuge. Maybe someone has a top secret blog article or even screencast to share, that explains the basics fairly simple and quickly? Creating a repository. Big…
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Is there a GitX equivalent for Subversion that allows command-line execution?

I really like being able to the command-line tool gitx from Terminal.app to open GitX and see the Git repository change log that I can scroll through, with nicely formatted diffs for each. Git and Subversion are fairly different, and I know a tool…
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GitX with Github, commit not showing up

I've created a few sample changes, staged the file, and committed. The commit is successful, but the changes do not show up on github, is there something else I'm missing?
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GitX-L: missing object 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I'm getting the following error in GitX-L when opening a git repository: The document “REPO_NAME” could not be opened. An error occured while trying to open file://localhost/Volumes/SERVER/www/REPO_NAME/.git/. fatal: missing object…
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Is there a GitX equivalent for Mercurial that allows command-line execution?

I really like being able to the command-line tool gitx from Terminal.app to open GitX and see the Git repository change log that I can scroll through, with nicely formatted diffs for each. Mercurial is so similar that it would be nice to have a…
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Git: branch has lost its history?

Something wierd has happened — my develop branch has lost all it's history till the last commit. Can anyone suggest the reason? Last things I've done — installed that forked brotherbard GitX and started to use it (primarily for history viewing, but…
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How to load / open / suck an repository from GitHub into GitX?

I downloaded Git and GitX for mac and installed it. Now, just for fun, I want to know how I could obtain an repository from GitHub like http://github.com/zoul/Finch.git ?? For me all this Git stuff looks like I have a client and connect to a server…
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