Top "Commit" questions

Questions about committing a transaction or "unit of work" to a database, application or version control system.

GIT commit as different user without email / or only email

I'm trying to commit some changes as a different user, but i do not have a valid email address, following …

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Git: add vs push vs commit

What is the difference between git add, push and commit? Just a little confused coming from SVN, where "update" will …

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Why Git is not allowing me to commit even after configuration?

This question seems like a duplicate but it's really not. Just a slight difference that keeps on repeating. git keeps …

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Remove a file from the list that will be committed

I have a list of changed files in git repository. There is one file I don't wanna commit for the …

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Temporarily switch working copy to a specific Git commit

How to switch to specific Git commit without losing all the commits made after it? I want that local files …

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Git commit with no commit message

How can I commit changes without specifying commit message? Why is it required by default?

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How do I reverse a commit in git?

I'm not really familiar with how git works. I pushed a commit by mistake and want to revert it. I …

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How do I correct "Commit Failed. File xxx is out of date. xxx path not found."

I have recently run into a particularly sticky issue regarding committing the result of a merge in subversion. Our Subversion …

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Mercurial: how to amend the last commit?

I'm looking for a counter-part of git commit --amend in Mercurial, i.e. a way to modify the commit which …

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Git blame -- prior commits?

Is it possible to see who edited a specific line before the commit reported by git blame, like a history …

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