In this article, we will see how to tag a Git commit Using 6 Simple Steps. If you are using Git based version control system then you might be aware that tagging a commit is like marking or labelling your work as you progress in your project release and deployment activities so that in future ... Read more

In this article, we will see how to solve unable to index file Permission denied error which comes up during when we add the changes using git add command. It is not very often that when I run git add command then I would end up in getting an error but last night when I ... Read more

In this article, we will see how to setup passwordless authentication for git push in GitHub. If you are using GitHub hosting service to keep and manage your project source code then you might have noticed that during every git push, it will ask you to provide user name and password to authenticate. As a ... Read more

In this article, we will see how to lock master branch in GitHub repo and prevents users from pushing any changes to the branch. I am pretty sure whenever you plan your branching strategy, the first priority is always given to protect the master branch from any mishap as this branch is usually used for ... Read more

In this article, we will see how to solve "error: failed to push some refs to remote" if you are also getting this error. Last night when I was trying to push my release branch changes to the remote master, I noticed that it was failing with the "error: failed to push some refs to ... Read more

In this article, we will see what need to be done when git pull is resolving as a fast forward and not creating a merge commit. Sometimes you might have observed that when you are trying to fetch and merge the changes from remote branch to the current local branch using git pull command, then ... Read more

If you are following a branching strategy in which you first start working on a release by creating a release branch from develop and then deploying your release branch in pre production environment post approval. Once all the testing is completed and it is ready to be promoted in production then you need to first ... Read more

In this article, we will see how to solve "error: src refspec master does not match any" if you are also getting this error during git push operation. Last night when I was trying to push my release branch changes to the master, I noticed that it was failing with the "error: src refspec master ... Read more

In this article, I will show you how you can work on your own Bitbucket feature branch. Usually in a team of developers, when multiple people are working on a project then each of the team member will have their own feature branch created to work on a particular feature. So that when the work ... Read more

In this article, we will look into how to solve "fatal: Need to specify how to reconcile divergent branches" error. Last night while working on my project, I tried to pull changes from a remote branch using git pull command but instead I end up with error "fatal: Need to specify how to reconcile divergent ... Read more