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RSSHow to fix Git hooks not executing — Husky v9 setup, hook file permissions, lint-staged configuration, pre-commit Python tool, lefthook, and bypassing hooks in CI.
How to fix Git repeatedly prompting for credentials — credential helper not configured, HTTPS vs SSH, expired tokens, macOS keychain issues, and setting up a Personal Access Token.
How to undo git reset --hard and recover lost commits using git reflog — step-by-step recovery for accidentally reset branches, lost work, and dropped stashes.
How to fix .gitignore not working — files still showing in git status after being added to .gitignore, caused by already-tracked files, wrong syntax, nested gitignore rules, and cache issues.
How to fix 'git fatal: A branch named already exists' when creating or renaming branches — including local conflicts, remote tracking branches, and worktree issues.
Resolve Git submodule update and init failures including 'fatal: not a git repository', path conflicts, URL mismatches, shallow clone issues, and CI/CD checkout problems.
How to fix the Git error 'cannot lock ref: Unable to create .git/refs/heads/branch-name.lock' caused by stale lock files, case conflicts, packed-refs corruption, and concurrent operations.
How to fix git cherry-pick conflict errors caused by diverged branches, overlapping changes, missing context, renamed files, and merge commits.
How to fix Git error 'failed to push some refs' caused by diverged branches, remote changes, protected branches, authentication failures, and pre-push hooks.
How to fix git error src refspec main does not match any caused by empty repos, wrong branch name, no commits, typos, and default branch mismatch.
How to fix Git fatal not a valid object name error caused by empty repositories, wrong branch names, missing initial commits, and corrupted refs.
Resolve the GitHub push error when a file exceeds the 100 MB size limit by removing the large file from history, using Git LFS, or cleaning your repository with BFG Repo Cleaner.
How to fix Git error 'Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge' using git stash, commit, checkout, and pull strategies.
How to fix the 'fatal: remote origin already exists' error in Git by updating the remote URL, removing and re-adding origin, managing multiple remotes, and handling forked repos.
Resolve Git LFS smudge filter errors by installing Git LFS, fixing credentials, resetting LFS hooks, and handling bandwidth or storage quota issues.
How to resolve conflicts during git rebase, use rebase --continue, --abort, or --skip, and avoid common rebase pitfalls.
How to fix Git's detached HEAD state, reattach to a branch, and recover commits made while in detached HEAD.
How to fix Git merge conflicts during merge, rebase, cherry-pick, and pull — resolve conflict markers, use merge tools, accept theirs or ours, abort, and prevent future conflicts.
How to fix the 'fatal: not a git repository' error in Git by checking your working directory, initializing a repo, recovering a deleted .git folder, and resolving submodule, CI/CD, and IDE path issues.
How to fix git stash errors: 'CONFLICT' after git stash pop, 'Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten', 'No stash entries found', and 'Could not restore untracked files from stash entry'. Covers stash pop vs apply, conflict resolution, recovering dropped stashes, and stashing untracked files.
How to fix 'SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate', 'CERT_HAS_EXPIRED', 'ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID', and 'self signed certificate in certificate chain' errors in Git, curl, Node.js, Python, Docker, and more. Covers CA certificates, corporate proxies, Let's Encrypt, certificate chains, and self-signed certs.
How to fix '[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey)' and 'fatal: Could not read from remote repository' when pushing or cloning over SSH. Covers key generation, ssh-agent, GitHub/GitLab setup, and edge cases.
How to fix 'error: failed to push some refs' and '! [rejected] main -> main (non-fast-forward)' in Git. Covers pull, rebase, force push, and edge cases.
How to fix the Git error 'fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories' when pulling, merging, or rebasing branches that don't share a common ancestor.