Category: "Git"

Copy SSH Keys from WSL2 to Windows Janne Kemppainen | January 10, 2022

You may have generated an SSH key pair that you use with git on Windows Subsystem for Linux. But if you also want to use Git for Windows then you might want to reuse the same key on the Windows side so that you don’t need to maintain more keys on the remote, such as GitHub.

Cancel a Git Commit Janne Kemppainen | October 26, 2021

Did you commit and push something that you didn’t intend to? Don’t worry, it’s quite simple to fix!

Move a Git Tag Janne Kemppainen | February 18, 2021

Normally when you create a Git tag you should just let it be and not alter the history after the fact. But if you really need to move a tag forward how can it be done?

Using Git with Multiple Accounts Janne Kemppainen | June 1, 2020

Having to use multiple accounts with Git can be cumbersome from time to time. You need to make sure that your name and email match the account you want to use for each repository and you may need to type different credentials depending on the repo. In this post I’ll show how to make your multi-account work with Git a pleasant experience.

Git Essentials for Beginners Janne Kemppainen | March 10, 2019 This subject has been touched by many people before me but I still decided to give my input so that I can have a reference for the readers of this blog. The idea is to get you started fast with Git so in this post we’ll go through the absolute basics and you’ll learn by doing yourself. What is a version control system? If you are new to all of this a version control system (VCS) in short is a piece of software that keeps track of changes in text files such as source code.