Git

When we manage and maintain a public github repository, it is common to see a case that a fixed branch from outside contributor’s is staled. The reasons can be The github repository owner/maintainer and contributor did not actively process the issue in time. The contirbutor only commited the changes in his branch but didn’t make a pull request, and after a period, he is not reachable. Other reasons… Overall, it is not easy to maintain a public github repository, especially the one with lots of stars. This post will show a way to solve the above issue with a git feature. ...

In Git, we can ignore to track of a file or folder by adding their paths into the file .gitignore. However, sometimes we could mistakenly commit and push file and folders that are not needed to be tracked by Git. In such case, .gitignore will be not working. The issue can be solved by the below steps: Add the file path into .gitignore file. Remove the commited file from the git cache by git rm --cached bar/foo.log Commit the changes by git commit -m "xxx" After executing the above steps, you can see the file bar/foo.log is still there but will be not tracked by Git. ...