History becomes heavy. WhyLarge binaries committed accidentally. Fix Use Git LFS early, not later.
Category: Git
Git Hooks Improve Code Quality Automatically
Manual checks are skipped. WhyHumans forget, tools don’t. Fix Use pre-commit hooks for formatting and linting.
Git Rebase Feels Dangerous in Teams
People avoid it entirely. WhyShared branch history risk. Fix Rebase locally, merge publicly. Clear separation prevents disasters.
Git Pull Breaks Local Changes Silently
No conflict shown. WhyAuto-merge with rerere. FixDisable rerere temporarily.
Git History Looks Clean but Bugs Exist
Commits look fine. WhyLogical changes bundled together. FixUse smaller, purpose-driven commits.
Git Bisect Finds the Wrong Commit
Debugging goes nowhere. WhyNon-deterministic tests. FixStabilize tests before bisecting.
Git Shows Merge Conflicts That Make No Sense
Files look identical. WhyWhitespace or encoding differences. FixNormalize file encoding across repo.
Git Hooks Break CI Unexpectedly
Local ok, CI fails. WhyHooks are not shared by default. FixDocument hooks or enforce via tooling.
Git Reverts Remove the Wrong Code
Undo makes things worse. WhyRevert order matters in merged branches. FixRevert merge commits carefully with parent selection.
Git Pull Suddenly Breaks Local Changes
No conflicts shown. WhyRebase rewrites local commits. FixStash or commit before pulling with rebase.
Git History Becomes Impossible to Understand
Commits exist, meaning is lost. WhyGeneric commit messages destroy context. FixEnforce semantic commit conventions.
Git Shows Changes That Don’t Exist
Confusing diffs. WhyCRLF vs LF normalization. FixConfigure .editorconfig.
Git History Looks Clean but Lies
Hard to debug regressions. WhyAggressive squash merges remove context. FixAvoid squashing critical feature branches.
Git Shows No Changes but Files Differ
Confusing diffs. WhyWhitespace normalization. Fix Configure .editorconfig.
Git Rebase Broke Everything
History rewritten, chaos. WhyForce-push on shared branch. Fix Only rebase local branches. 💥 Git Rebase Broke Everything History rewritten. Chaos followed. Git rebase is powerful.Used incorrectly, it’s destructive. Most Git disasters don’t come from bugs —they come from rewriting shared history. 🚨 The Core Problem git rebase rewrites commit history. That’s fine only if you’re […]
Git History Looks Clean But Lies
Squash merges hide context. Why it mattersDebugging regressions becomes harder. TipAvoid squashing critical feature branches.
Git Merge Conflicts Appear “Out of Nowhere”
Nothing changed… or did it? Why it happensLine-ending normalization (CRLF vs LF). FixConfigure .gitattributes.
Git — git clean Can Delete Important Files
git clean -fd is destructive. Fix Always dry-run: git clean -n
Git — Rebase Can Rewrite Shared History
Rebasing public branches breaks teammates. Rule Only rebase local, private branches.
Git — git stash Can Lose Untracked Files
Default stash ignores untracked files. ✅ Fix git stash -u
Git — git pull Can Rewrite History
Pull = fetch + merge (or rebase). ❌ Risk Unexpected conflicts or history changes. ✅ Safer Use explicit: git fetch git merge
The Time Machine: git reflog
The Problem: You did a git reset –hard and accidentally deleted code you actually needed. You think it’s gone forever. The Fix: Run git reflog. Git keeps a log of every movement of the HEAD, even commits you deleted. Find the ID of the state before you messed up and run git reset –hard <ID>. […]
Git — Line Endings Break Builds Cross-Platform
CRLF vs LF causes: failing tests weird diffs ✅ Fix Use .gitattributes.
How to solve ‘Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Contracts.GitCheckoutConflictException’ problem
You are in the middle of a coding session, you realize you need to switch to a new branch, and suddenly… BAM! Visual Studio throws the dreaded Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Contracts.GitCheckoutConflictException. ❌ GitCheckoutConflictException An exception occurred during the checkout process. Local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout: [Your-File-Path.cs] Why Does This Happen? Git is […]
How to delete all commit history in github
Deleting the .git folder may cause problems in your git repository. If you want to delete all your commit history but keep the code in its current state, it is very safe to do it as in the following: Checkout git checkout –orphan latest_branch Add all the files git add -A Commit the changes git commit -am […]
How to solve “Fatal: Not possible to fast-forward, aborting” problem
Simply the best solution so far (make fast-forwarding off by –no-ff): git pull –no-ff Thanks to Dheeraj Kumar Rao for this useful answer.
ignoring any ‘bin’ directory on a git project
The way to ignore all directories called bin anywhere below the current level in a directory tree is with a .gitignore file with the pattern: bin/
How to create a .gitignore file in Windows
If you’re using Windows it will not let you create a file without a filename in Windows Explorer. It will give you the error “You must type a file name” if you try to rename a text file as .gitignore You can get around this Windows Explorer error by appending a dot to the filename without […]