Re: [git-users] where is the .git file?

2017-01-31 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:18:44 -0800 (PST) Ben David wrote: > I will absolutely run away with this - all of your answers suck, [...] > I understand you all are attempting to help, No, you don't -- see below. > and appreciate the attempt even if I'm a bit belligerent here. No, you're being active

Re: [git-users] More on that "merge branch checkout" problem -- cannot abort/go back?

2017-01-31 Thread Michael
This is going to the main git list. I had an issue with a git gui checkin, where I did a checkin of selected lines (no problem), then tried to switch branches and check in the rest. Things broke. I attempted to get help on the git users list, but was unable to. To recap what happened: 1. I sta

Re: [git-users] What's the correct way of selecting 'ours' or 'theirs' when encountering a merge conflict on push?

2017-01-31 Thread AD S
Thanks for your detailed reply. That's very appreciated. Honestly, I'm trying really hard to get my head around Git, but, for whatever reason, it's just taking a long time to click with me. So, I guess what I was trying to do was your first example, the 'Forced Commit'. Both myself and the remo

Re: [git-users] How to improve the Git status performance

2017-01-31 Thread Ravalika
Thank you Philip and Mark. We are using Linux servers. We can't have local disk, as it is corporate setup. We have our project shares on build servers across LAN only I have tried sparse checkout and other options but not much improvement on git status. git status -uno git update-index --untr

Re: [git-users] where is the .git file?

2017-01-31 Thread Ben David
I will absolutely run away with this - all of your answers suck, but all are long winded with irrelevant information and poorly stated, with absolutely zero followup questions to clarify what may have been asked for. I never said I actually cloned directory, yet Gergely thought it was time for

Re: [git-users] where is the .git file?

2017-01-31 Thread Philip Oakley
Whoa, let's not runaway with this. Do remember that Git is a powerful tool, and hence some of the details may feel complicated. There are at least three variants of the ".git" file/directory. For a basic user, on their own PC, they will find a ".git" directory folder at the top level of each o

Re: [git-users] where is the .git file?

2017-01-31 Thread Gergely Polonkai
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013, 17:07 John Smith wrote: > Some documents write about the .git file, for example > git clone \\[repository server name]\[share name]\example.git > This notation is somewhat an unwritten(?) standard. The command you cite says: OK Git, go to [repository server name], look for

Re: [git-users] where is the .git file?

2017-01-31 Thread Ben David
Wow, it blows my mind that three people answered and all of the replies totally did not answer in a coherent intelligible way. Thanks for wasting everyone's time. Poor John Smith. So example.git - is that a combination of the folder name of the repository + the folder name of the .git folder