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How do I delete a Git branch both locally and in GitHub?

I created a bugfix branch to fix a bug on a project that I had forked on GitHub. I issued a pull request to the developer to incorporate my fix, but the developer decided to implement a different fix ...
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GIT revert to previous commit… how?

If I do "git log" and get the following output: [root@me dev]# git log commit a867b4af366350be2e7c21b8de9cc6504678a61b` Author: Me Date: Thu Nov 4 18:59:41 2010 -0400 blah blah blah... commit ...
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How can I remove a commit on github?

I "accidentally" pushed a commit to github. Is it possible to remove this commit? I want to revert my github repository as it was before this commit.
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Link to GitHub issue number with commit message?

Is it somehow possible to automatically have a link to GitHub issue number in the git commit message?
170
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Rollback File to much earlier version

Is there a way in Git to rollback to a much earlier version of a file? I can roll back to the previous version with REVERT, but what if I want to go back to earlier versions? What's the best workflow ...
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SSL certificate rejected trying to access GitHub over HTTPS behind firewall

I'm stuck behind a firewall so have to use HTTPS to access my GitHub repository. I'm using cygwin 1.7.7 on Windows XP. I've tried setting the remote to ...
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Import existing source code to github

how can I import source code from my computer to my github account?
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How do you attach a new pull request to an existing issue on github?

I'm not sure, but I have a vague memory of creating a github pull request with "Issue 4" or something in the title, and it automatically attached itself to Issue 4 in the project that I was submitting ...
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What's the best Web interface for Git repositories? [closed]

I've been using Git for a bit now (hosting my own) and would love to have something like GitHub that I could setup for my own repos. I've seen GitWeb, but I just don't like using it all that much. ...
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Should Gemfile.lock be included in .gitignore?

I'm sort of new to bundler and the files it generates. I have a copy of a git repo from github that is being contributed to by many people so I was surprised to find that bundler created a file that ...
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Is there any way to clone a git repository's sub-directory only?

I have my git repo which, at the root, has two sub-dirs /finisht /static When this was in SVN, /finisht was checked out in one place, while /static was checked out elsewhere, like so: svn co ...
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Search code inside a Github project

Is there a way to grep for something inside a Github project's code? I could pull the source and grep it locally, but I was wondering if it's possible through the web interface or a 3rd-party ...
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How can I determine the url that a local git repo was originally cloned from?

I pulled a project from github a few days ago. I've since discovered that there are several forks on github, and I neglected to note which one I took originally. How can I determine which of those ...
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Push origin master error on new repository

I just started using git with github. I followed their instructions and ran into errors on the last step. I'm checking in an existing directory that isn't currently source-controlled (project about a ...
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Pushing to Git returning Error Code 403 fatal: HTTP request failed

I was able to clone a copy of this repo over HTTPS authenticated. I've made some commits and want to push back out to the GitHub server. Using Cygwin on Windows 7 x64. ...

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