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Git - Move Branch

May 20, 2025

Move to “master”

Open the terminal (press Ctrl+`) and run:

git checkout master

If master isn’t checked out locally yet, do:

git fetch origin
git checkout master

If “master” was not updated in the local branch

If the branch switched successfully to master, but the files in your working directory didn’t update as expected, it could be one of these cases:

  1. Confirm You’re on the Correct Branch Run this to verify:
git branch

You should see something like this. The asterisk * indicates your current branch.

Azure DevOps - Complete (Merge)

May 20, 2025

Use Azure DevOps Web UI

Scenario:

This guide shows how to merge a pull request from the release/v1.0-america branch into the main branch using Azure DevOps or any Git repository.

Final Step (Complete the Pull Request):

  1. Once it’s approved, click the “Complete” button to merge it into master.

  2. You’ll get options like:

    • Squash or merge (depending on settings)
    • Delete source branch after merging (optional)

  3. Click “Complete merge” when ready

Azure DevOps - Approve

May 20, 2025

Use Azure DevOps Web UI

Scenario:

This guide demonstrates how to approve a pull request from the release/v1.0-america branch into the master branch in Azure DevOps or any Git repository.

Steps (Approve the Pull Request):

  1. Go to Azure DevOps in your browser
  2. Navigate to Repos > Pull Requests

  1. Find the Pull request (from release/v1.0-america to master)
  2. Click on the PR to open it.
  3. On the right-hand side, you’ll see the “Reviewers” section

Azure DevOps - Pull Request

May 20, 2025

Use Azure DevOps Web UI

Scenario:

This guide shows how to push changes from the release/v1.0-america branch to the master branch in Azure DevOps (or any Git repository).

Steps:

  1. Go to your Azure DevOps project in the browser.
  2. Navigate to Repos > Branches.
  3. Find your branch release/v1.0-america
  4. Click on the "…" (More options) next to it and select “New pull request”

  1. Set:

    • Source: release/v1.0-america
    • Target: master

  2. Add a title, description (optional but helpful), and click “Create”

Git - Ignore Settings

February 25, 2025

How to Ignore Uploading Folders and Files to GitHub

For example .venv folder

  1. Open your project folder in VS Code.

  2. Open .gitignore file in the root of the project

  3. Add the following line to .gitignore:

    .venv/

  4. Save the file. then Git will ignore the .venv folder, and it won’t be tracked in your repository.

If .venv was already committed before, you’ll need to remove it from Git history using:

git rm -r --cached .venv
git commit -m "Removed .venv from repository"
git push origin main  # or your current branch

You can check if .venv is ignored by Git using the following command