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Using Git
Use Git to manage your GitHub Enterprise Server repositories from your computer.
About Git
Learn about the version control system, Git, and how it works with GitHub Enterprise Server.
Pushing commits to a remote repository
Use git push
to push commits made on your local branch to a remote repository.
Getting changes from a remote repository
You can use common Git commands to access remote repositories.
Dealing with non-fast-forward errors
Sometimes, Git can't make your change to a remote repository without losing commits. When this happens, your push is refused.
Splitting a subfolder out into a new repository
You can turn a folder within a Git repository into a brand new repository.
About Git subtree merges
If you need to manage multiple projects within a single repository, you can use a subtree merge to handle all the references.
About Git rebase
The git rebase
command allows you to easily change a series of commits, modifying the history of your repository. You can reorder, edit, or squash commits together.
Using Git rebase on the command line
Here's a short tutorial on using git rebase
on the command line.
Resolving merge conflicts after a Git rebase
When you perform a git rebase
operation, you're typically moving commits around. Because of this, you might get into a situation where a merge conflict is introduced. That means that two of your commits modified the same line in the same file, and Git doesn't know which change to apply.
Dealing with special characters in branch and tag names
Git is very permissive about what characters are allowed in branch and tag names. When using Git from a command-line shell, you may need to escape or quote special characters.