How can I remove a commit on GitHub? [duplicate]
2022-10-05
Question This question already has answers here: </div> Undoing a 'git push' (16 answers) Closed 3 years ago. The community reviewed whether to reopen this question 1 year ago and left it closed: Original close reason(s) were not resolved I "accidentally" pushed a commit to GitHub. Is it possible to remove this commit? I want to revert my GitHub repository as it was before this commit. Answer Note: please see an alternative to git rebase -i in the comments below—…
Undo working copy modifications of one file in Git
2022-10-04
Question After the last commit, I modified a bunch of files in my working copy, but I want to undo the changes to one of those files, as in reset it to the same state as the most recent commit. However, I only want to undo the working copy changes of just that one file alone, nothing else with it. How do I do that? Answer You can use git checkout -- file You can do it without the -- (as suggested by nimrodm), but if the filename looks like a branch or tag (or other revision identifier), it may get confused, so using -- is best.…
How to compare different branches in Visual Studio Code
2022-10-03
Question How do I compare two different branches in Visual Studio Code? Is it possible? Answer 2021 answer Here is the step by step guide: Install the GitLens extension: GitLens Then, Click on Source Control: Click on Search & Compare Click on Compare References Select the branches you want to compare: Now, You can select any file for which you want to see the diff from Search & Compare
Creating an empty Pandas DataFrame, and then filling it
2022-10-02
Question I'm starting from the pandas DataFrame documentation here: Introduction to data structures I'd like to iteratively fill the DataFrame with values in a time series kind of calculation. I'd like to initialize the DataFrame with columns A, B, and timestamp rows, all 0 or all NaN. I'd then add initial values and go over this data calculating the new row from the row before, say row[A][t] = row[A][t-1]+1 or so.…
Download a specific tag with Git
2022-10-02
Question I'm trying to figure out how I can download a particular tag of a Git repository - it's one version behind the current version. I saw there was a tag for the previous version on the git web page, with object name of something long hex number. But the version name is "Tagged release 1.1.5" according the site. I tried a command like this (with names changed): git clone http://git.…
How do I recover a dropped stash in Git?
2022-10-02
Question I frequently use git stash and git stash pop to save and restore changes in my working tree. Yesterday, I had some changes in my working tree that I had stashed and popped, and then I made more changes to my working tree. I'd like to go back and review yesterday's stashed changes, but git stash pop appears to remove all references to the associated commit. I know that if I use git stash then .…
What is the difference between 'git pull' and 'git fetch'?
2022-10-02
Question Want to improve this post? Provide detailed answers to this question, including citations and an explanation of why your answer is correct. Answers without enough detail may be edited or deleted. </div> What are the differences between git pull and git fetch? Answer In the simplest terms, git pull does a git fetch followed by a git merge. git fetch updates your remote-tracking branches under refs/remotes/<remote>/. This operation is safe to run at any time since it never changes any of your local branches under refs/heads.…