THose settings are not present in a non-GitHub embedded version of Git, and would need to be restored. This file points to GitHub Desktop specific settings: So you can't force easily GitHub Desktop to use another git version.Įven if you were able somehow to force GitHub for Desktop to use another version of Git, you would have to carefully report its own internal git system configuration: C:\Users\vonc\AppData\Local\GitHub\PortableGit_c2b.\etc\gitconfig However, that would not work: when starting GitHub Desktop again, it would detect the change and restore its own embedded Git version (1.9.5) You could, in theory, replace the exact value of the folder PORTAB~1 by a directory JUNCTION: cd %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\GitHubĭir # take note of the exact name of PORTABLEGIT folder: iAmWillShepherd added the investigation-needed label on Feb 14, 2018. However, as I mentioned here, git is also included in GitHub Desktop own installation path ( %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\GitHub\PORTAB~1\bin) Wait for 'checking for update' changes into 'downloading update'.
it is the ability to update my branch from the remote master. For more information, see 'Creating an issue or pull request'. Optionally, click Create Pull Request to open a pull request and collaborate on your changes. If GitHub Desktop prompts you to fetch new commits from the remote, click Fetch. For RHEL-based distributions (such as Fedora, AlmaLinux, and Rocky Linux), the steps are: Install the GPG key: sudo rpm. I always use the archive portable form (unzipped anywhere I want, and added to the PATH).īut if you have chosen the exe setup, that means it has been installed in C:\Program Files\Git. Github desktop has a nice feature that I miss in sourcetree. Click Push origin to push your local changes to the remote repository. Finally, install GitHub desktop with: sudo apt install github-desktop -y.
See Brendan Foster tweet.įirst, the latest git for windows release is available here on GitHub. Another way to update Git on Linux is to install it. To verify the installation has completed, check the Git version one more time: git -version. When prompted, type Y and press Enter to confirm the installation. It is also not an ideal solution, but it is better than the current package, a closer match to Chocolatey 'standards', and the best available option for Electron-based apps. Update Git by using: sudo apt-get install git. MSI installer sets up a GitHub Desktop application that any user can run to install and run GitHub Desktop under their own profile. For what it is worth, GitHub Desktop (finally) uses a more recent git version: 2.5. Start by updating the system packages with the following command: sudo apt-get update.
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