A Gitignore file is a plain text file where each line contains a pattern for files/directories to ignore. It specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore.

Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup.

If you're a Git user, and you'd like to integrate your Linux file manager into the tool, Jack Wallen has just the thing for you.

This settles one case. There is also a demo movie on how to fix conflicts if you make a mistake when merging. The git undo function is created using Git's reference-transaction hook.

Note that the .zip file does not come with the .git directory in it (at least from BitBucket -- I don't know how github or gitlab behave in this respect) so there's no actual repo behind it; just ...

If additional or alternate [credential] entries exist in any Git configuration file, delete them. As due diligence, back up your Git config file before changing anything. The next push or pull to your ...