If you're writing a smaller (single or a few commits) change, treat the first commit as a cover letter. Github, for example, uses this first commit as the default PR message. Here's anexampleof a good cover letter sent on the Linux kernel mailing list. It contains: ...
Using Face ID and Touch ID, the iOS app can authorize your identity and send the log in information to the back-end without any user interaction with the app. This is one of the most secure way to identify the user. Let's see how to implement it. - ashis
Sometimes you should see message like this: Why are my commits linked to the wrong user? Well, as a standard practice and process by Github, it uses email address which is provided in thecommit header. If in your.gitconfigfile you have different email address associated and you ...
Experimenting with Code: Git stash allows you to save your current work temporarily when you want to try out a new idea or experiment with changes but aren’t ready to commit them. This way, you can test your new approach without worrying about affecting your main codebase. If the experime...
I recently had the need to tag an older Git commit in the course of my studies, and I was surprised that the command wasn’t as obvious as I thought it would be, and the prospect of doing a push of the tag back to the remote GitHub or GitLab repository wasn’t straight forward ei...
Amending a commit does not simply change a commit. It substitutes it with a new commit which will have its own ID. Commit has not been pushed online In case the commit only exists in your local repository which has not been pushed to GitHub, you can amend the commit message with the gi...
Open the Java file in the Src folder and add some code and commit the change. Create A GitHub Pull Request In the previous section, we created a branchfeatureand made some changes to a file. The changes are not in themasterbranch. For this, we need to create a Pull Request by which...
Alternatively, there is a shorthand method to roll back the commit without knowing the necessary commit ID. Admins can reset code versions relative to where the current head is using the code in Figure 3. In the example,~1refers to the number of commits backward that the code tree will re...
Now, if you check the status of the Git repository, you will see there are no new changes to commit. Do that like this:[ht_message mstyle=”info” title=”” show_icon=”” id=”” class=”” style=”” ]user@user [~/GIT]# git status ...
Now that I have my sample in the folder, I can go back to GitHub Desktop: You will see the changes you made (files) listed on the left panel. On the bottom left, provide a summary/name for your commit. This will help us identify what are you proposing in this chang...