This is one of the parts that have confused me the most. In the following Push dialog we simply hit OK. To do this we use the Push right click menu option just like we would have if we were working in the master branch. To me this is slightly confusing as pushing it doesn’t mean pushing that actual branch to the remote repository but rather creating a new branch in the remote repository and pushing the changes.
When we want to share our local branch with others, or store it in a remote repository to back it up or be able to retrieve it from another computer we need to push. Pushing the local branch to a new remote branch (on GitHub) This is reflected in the Commit menu item in TortoiseGit’s right click menu. We can now make some changes and commit them to the local branch. Our working directory is now the newly created branch (“branch1” in my case).
In the following dialog we choose our newly created local branch and hit OK. To switch to the newly created branch we right click and pick the Switch/Checkout menu item. Unless we didn’t check the “Switch to new branch” checkbox in the Create Branch dialog our working directory is still the master branch. We then get the Create Branch dialog where we enter a name for the branch and hit OK. Given that we’ve created a local repository and added a remote to it, in my case a GitHub repository, we can create a local branch by right clicking in a directory in the repository and pick the Create Branch menu item. I therefor decided to do some research and experimentation and document a workflow that seems to work. The documentation for handling branches using the console is great, but when I’ve been using TortoiseGit I’ve often felt confused and insecure when dealing with remote branches. This means that a branch is unique to each repository and the workflow when wanting to push a local branch to a remote repository, or the opposite, is a bit different. Git makes it really easy and fast to work with branches compared to many version control systems that aren’t distributed, but coming from the world of TFS or SubVersion where a branch is basically a physical directory that one can check in and check out in Git it’s pretty much just a pointer.
#GIT ANNEX TORTOISE PASSWORD#
Use your latest or updated password to clone or push the changes to the repository.As a user of TortoiseGit I’ve always been a bit confused when it comes to dealing with remote branches. So once your credentials (username/password) got clear from the local cache, when you try to push or clone the code, it will open a popup and ask for username & password or even you can use token for accessing remote repository. The above commands will clear password from local cache. Git config -system -unset-all credential.helper Git config -global -unset-all credential.helper The following commands should be executed one at a time. If you are using Git Bash CLI (Command Line Interface) tool, then you can use the following commands to clear the old password for Git repository.
#GIT ANNEX TORTOISE HOW TO#
Here you will see how to clear old password in local cache of your git client and update the new password.
Therefore you need to update your password in the local git client tool or system cache. This issue happens due to the local cache of your credentials into your system. Now while you are using Git Bash or Tortoise Git client or any other Git client tool for cloning, pushing the source code, you may face an issue that incorrect username/password or invalid username/password and due to this you are not allowed to perform any operations on remote repositories. Hence, you are allowed to access different systems using the new password. So while you update password upon expiration, your updated password reflects across all systems. You may need to update password in your Git client while accessing Git repository for several reasons.įor example, your organization allow access to different systems using SSO (Single Sign On). Here I am going to show you how to update password in Git client.