Top "Branch" questions

A "branch" is a term used in version control systems to represent an independent line of development.

How to only push to one branch in Hg?

I have a Hg repo with 3 branches in it, but two of them are inactive (since I have already merged …

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Listing each branch and its last revision's date in Git

I need to delete old and unmaintained branches from our remote repository. I'm trying to find a way with which …

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How do I switch to another subversion branch in Intellij?

What is the concept of switching branches in IntelliJ? I must be either blind or an idiot... I would assume …

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Push a commit in two branches with Git

how do I push a commit in two branches? I can't use "git push", because then it pushes to three …

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git: rename local branch failed

I don't know why my attempt of renaming local branch failed. I basically cloned the project, then I also have …

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Putting uncommitted changes at Master to a new branch by Git

How can you put uncommitted changes to a branch TEST when I am at the branch master?

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Branching Strategies

The company I work for is starting to have issues with their current branching model and I was wondering what …

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How to merge branch to master on bitbucket

I have following questions. I want to create a branch from my master repo. I can use either bitbucket dashboard …

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Switch branch names in git

There may be more than one way to ask this question, so here's a desciption of the problem. I was …

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Can I update a branch from the trunk without performing a merge?

I probably just haven't thought this through, or perhaps I'm simply unaware of an already existing option in Subversion (I'm …

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