How to sync unsynced commits in GitHub Windows client?
How do i sync unsynced commits in GitHub for Windows?
i made some changes to a file a month ago. i just realized today that they didn't go anywhere; the GitHub web-site has no history of my changes.
The client has no indication that anything is out of date (there are no "uncommitted changes"). But there are "unsynced commits":
How do i sync unsynced commits?
I tried nothing, and i'm fresh out of ideas
i tried clicking the sync button (whatever that means), but all i get (after a progress bar moves for about 7 seconds) is:
failed to sync branch
You might need to open a shell and debug the state of this repo.
Clicking OPEN SHELL, causes a powershell prompt to appear, where i type:
debug the state of this repo
But that doesn't seem to do it:
How do i sync unsynced commits in the GitHub for Windows client?
Bonus Reading
- How to sync unsynced commits? (when your "head" is "detached")
Answer
Open the Git Shell and type git status this should give some more details as to what is wrong.