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Charles Roper
Mar 6, 2008, 4:44:27 AM3/6/08
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OK, this has me completely stumped. I want to delete a remote branch
on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
online.
Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
online.
Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
Nic Williams
Mar 6, 2008, 4:46:51 AM3/6/08
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Say you have a branch foo on your remote repo 'origin':
git push origin :foo
The colon before the name forces the delete. Weird yes.
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Lawrence Pit
Mar 6, 2008, 5:58:27 AM3/6/08
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this might not be an issue for you now, but if you had already done quite a lot of work you may not want to delete your remote branch and loose all it's history.
so instead, what I would do, first do git log, suppose the output is something like:
commit 06a11faaba83082ea0d99fad1dd86c139f9a43d1
Author: Me <m...@foo.com>
Date: Thu Mar 6 21:52:05 2008 +1100
new fixes
commit 0e1f3cb02557e7871a7bb7b7965143ad2ff19b6a
Author: Me <m...@foo.com>
Date: Thu Mar 6 21:50:15 2008 +1100
did this and that.
commit 153577becc39d28c3e3a7d54b558aca766e4a59a
Author: Me <m...@foo.com>
Date: Thu Mar 6 20:01:24 2008 +1100
some description....
... and you want to undo the last change. Then I would do:
git revert 06a11fa
git push origin master
Lawrence
Charles Roper
Mar 6, 2008, 8:18:22 AM3/6/08
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Awesome, thanks so much guys. For some reason, finding simple, concise
information like this via Google just isn't working for me.
What would you say is the best beginners resource?
> > On 3/6/08, *Charles Roper* <charles.ro...@gmail.com
information like this via Google just isn't working for me.
What would you say is the best beginners resource?
> > <mailto:charles.ro...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > OK, this has me completely stumped. I want to delete a remote branch
> > on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
> > online.
>
> > Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
>
> > Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
> > I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
> > these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
> > easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
> > start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
> > complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
> > branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
> > http://drnicwilliams.com- Ruby/Rails/Javascript/Web2.0
>
> > OK, this has me completely stumped. I want to delete a remote branch
> > on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
> > online.
>
> > Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
>
> > Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
> > I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
> > these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
> > easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
> > start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
> > complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
> > branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
Simon Jefford
Mar 6, 2008, 11:01:00 AM3/6/08
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I like http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html.
If it doesn't give you what you need directly, chances are it points
to a man page that does.
If it doesn't give you what you need directly, chances are it points
to a man page that does.
Charles Roper
Mar 6, 2008, 12:43:40 PM3/6/08
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Great. I had come across that in various google searches but I'd never
seen the contents page like that. Looks like just the ticket. Thanks
Simon.
On Mar 6, 4:01 pm, "Simon Jefford" <simon.jeff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I likehttp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html.
seen the contents page like that. Looks like just the ticket. Thanks
Simon.
On Mar 6, 4:01 pm, "Simon Jefford" <simon.jeff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I likehttp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html.
> If it doesn't give you what you need directly, chances are it points
> to a man page that does.
>
> to a man page that does.
>
Nimai Etheridge
Mar 6, 2008, 8:11:41 PM3/6/08
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I found the git peepcode really useful as well. it came with a handy pdf cheatsheet. well worth the price of admission
Charles Roper
Mar 7, 2008, 8:51:01 AM3/7/08
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> git push origin :foo
OK, so I'm just trying to understand exactly why this works. The colon
is something to do with the refspec, right? So does that command mean:
push null/nothing to the foo branch of the origin, thus deleting it?
Charles
On Mar 6, 9:46 am, "Nic Williams" <drnicwilli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Say you have a branch foo on your remote repo 'origin':
>
> git push origin :foo
>
> The colon before the name forces the delete. Weird yes.
>
> Dr Nic Williamshttp://drnicacademy.com- Ruby/Rails training/dev around the worldhttp://drnicwilliams.com- Ruby/Rails/Javascript/Web2.0
OK, so I'm just trying to understand exactly why this works. The colon
is something to do with the refspec, right? So does that command mean:
push null/nothing to the foo branch of the origin, thus deleting it?
Charles
On Mar 6, 9:46 am, "Nic Williams" <drnicwilli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Say you have a branch foo on your remote repo 'origin':
>
> git push origin :foo
>
> The colon before the name forces the delete. Weird yes.
>
> On 3/6/08, Charles Roper <charles.ro...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> > OK, this has me completely stumped. I want to delete a remote branch
> > on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
> > online.
>
> > Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
>
> > Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
> > I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
> > these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
> > easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
> > start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
> > complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
> > branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
>
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> > OK, this has me completely stumped. I want to delete a remote branch
> > on github. How do I do this? I just can't find a definitive answer
> > online.
>
> > Here's the precise nature of what I want to do:
>
> > Cygwin made some file mode changes due to a default config option and
> > I pushed these up to my rails2_ebundle branch. I now want to revert
> > these changes and restore the original file modes. I thought the
> > easiest way of doing this would be to dump the rails2_ebundle and
> > start it again but it seems that all paths are paved with mind-bending
> > complexity and I can't work out how to revert or delete the remote
> > branch. Git really is great, but it sure ain't intuitive. :)
>
> Dr Nic Williamshttp://drnicacademy.com- Ruby/Rails training/dev around the worldhttp://drnicwilliams.com- Ruby/Rails/Javascript/Web2.0
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