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git add ignored files from within Github Desktop

I would like to add a file that matches .gitignore therefore does not show up in Github Desktop. Normally, git add -f ignoredFile will do it, but I would like to do it from within Github Desktop. Any way of doing that?
hyiltiz
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GitHub for Windows not working after install

Today I have installed GitHub For Windows. I had installed GitHub for Windows earlier and at that time it worked fine, but due to some reason I had to uninstall it. Today when I installed GitHub again it installed perfectly. But after installation…
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Github for Windows unable to locate Git on my system when opening the command prompt

I have Windows 10 (German) and installed Git for Windows 2.13.2 (64 bit) at "C:\Program Files\Git". I installed Github for Windows 0.6.2 (64 bit), the desktop version. I can pull changes from my git repositories on Github just fine. However, when…
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Why is GitHub Desktop not letting me interact with it?

It's been a while since I've used my GitHub Desktop, on Windows 10, but when I decided to try and open it again I ran into a weird issue: GitHub Desktop wouldn't let me click on anything except the minimize, maximize, and close. I've tried to…
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How does GitHub Desktop launch straight from the browser? And how can I implement this?

How does GitHub launch its GitHub Desktop application directly from the browser? It works even when using Google Chrome. I thought that this was impossible outside of Internet Explorer.
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What to do when you get "DiscardVirtualMemory could not be located" error once GitHub Desktop is installed

This will happen to those who are still using Windows 7 for whatever good reason. Full error message will be, The procedure entry point DiscardVirtualMemory could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll
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How does certain applications bypass UAC for a non-administrator user in Windows 10?

I created a new user account on Windows 10 whose type is "standard user" and in which the User Account Control (UAC) setting is set to "Always notify". To test the privileges, I download GitHub Desktop and it installed itself without asking any…
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git: 'remote-https' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. Error when cloning a repository

I experience this error whenever I try to clone a repository. The error comes regardless if the repository is private or public. As a result, I cannot clone any repository. The same error comes if I try and create a local repository and publish it…
Vivek Singh Negi
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Fastest way to clone a github repo to computer without having to delete older versions, just update the changed files?

I'm using Github desktop but whenever I try to sync to get the updated files it tells me syncing would overwrite my uncommited changes (probably the config file) and either to commit or discard them. So I have to delete the whole thing and then put…
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Did I just delete 2 Months of Work?

I was about to back up my local work to github today (1,100 commits). Not sure what I did but all of a sudden it says no commits, and all my Xcode files are now red. It seems to have synced my local files with the github files deleting everything…
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Home Network Crashes with Git Push

Whenever I run the command git push origin master...my home network locks up as in ONLY git works (it completes the push). Defining home network locks up: NOTHING else will work on the network except the actual git push in progress. Try to open a…
Matt
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Can't sign into Github Desktop on arch linux after power outage -- "Cannot create an item in a locked collection"

So I recently had a power outage, and it affected the whole neighborhood, but what made it worse was it (almost, thankfully) corrupted my external hard drive somehow (that was fixed, again, thankfully), and some temporary files on my arch linux…
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Github Desktop branch selector shows branches from upstream AND origin?

I'm learning to contribute to open-source projects on Github. I want to try fixing an issue that applies to the 3.x branch, but I'm confused why Github Desktop is showing me branches from both origin and upstream: How is it possible that I could…
Clonkex
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How can I find repos of my GitHub account repos from GitHub Desktop, once a local repo takes all the place in the app?

I started to use GitHub Desktop, and see some repositories from my GitHub account. Then, once I draw a local GitHub repo to the app, all those repos disappear and I am stuck with the local GitHub and cannot find a way to navigate back. Sound silly I…
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how to edit summary of old commits in Github desktop

I want to edit summary of old commit in GitHub desktop. There looks no option to edit. I hope there is a way with GUI. But please let me know commands if there is no way without it.
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