When collaborating with colleagues, or even when you're just using an open source library, you'll often need to fetch a branch from a remote repository using Git.
The "base case" to fetch a branch is fairly simple, but like with many other Git operations, it can become quite confusing when
Whether you've been programming for decades or just started out, at some point in your career you'll need to share your changes to a codebase. Or maybe if you're like me, you might just be paranoid and want to store everything in a remote repository, like GitHub, for safe-keeping in
As a beginner programmer, or even for many experienced programmers, Git version control can be difficult to learn and master. Much of the reason, in my opinion, is due to the many different commands that exist and the small differences between them.
One such example is the difference between git
Did you make a mistake in naming your Git branch? Or maybe "branch-2" wasn't descriptive enough? Luckily in Git you can rename a local branch pretty easily. And while it is also possible with remote branches, the process is a bit more involved with the use of a workaround, but
If I've learned anything in my 15+ years of programming, it's that mistakes are common, and I make a lot of them. This equally applies to version control tools as well. Whether you accidentally commit changes, or just realized your previous committed code isn't what you wanted, often times you'll
