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How to add new Wiki pages or update Wiki pages?

Feel free to clone https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit.wiki/ or https://github.com/TortoiseGit/wiki and send a pull request. Also everyone who is on our mailing list (http://groups.google.com/group/tortoisegit-dev) can edit the wiki using the web editor.

How to delete branch and tag

Press "Shift" key, right-click -> Browse Reference, Choose branch or tag, right-click, choose "delete". Branches and tags can also be deleted using the Log Dialog, however, tags will only be deleted locally (see #How_to_delete_a_remote_tag here to find out how to delete tags on a remote repository).

Or open log dialog -> choose commit with branch\tag, right->click->delete

What to do if a crash happened?

 * Check if "git gc" resolves the problem
 * Check if "git fsck" resolves the problem
 * Test our [http://download.tortoisegit.org/tgit/previews/ preview release] if the problem is still there. If yes: File a [http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/issues/list bugreport]. Mention your Windows Version (also x64 or x86), your msysgit version and the used !TortoiseGit version there.

What to do if log dialog shows inaccurate information?

 * Close all log dialogs of that repository, then go to .git folder, delete tortoisegit.data and tortoisegit.index

There are no icon overlays on Network drives/RAM drives/Removable drives or CD drives. How to enable them?

You have to enable overlay icons for these devices in !TortoiseGit settings -> Icon overlays.

How to make !TortoiseGit use OpenSSH or plink?

Go to !TortoiseGit settings -> Network and enter "SSH.exe" resp. TortoiseGitPLink.exe into the SSH client text field: http://tortoisegit.googlecode.com/git/doc/images/en/SettingsProxy.png

How to delete a remote tag

 * Since 1.7.12.1: Go to the "Browse References" dialog, right click on a remote and select "Delete remote tags...".
 * Before 1.7.12.1: Open the push dialog, select the remote archive, no local branch, fill in the tag name into the remote branch field and click on OK.

How to remove file from version control and keep local copy

Press "shift" key, right-click -> Delete (keep local)

How to use PuTTY for git cli and git bash?

Create an environment variable called "GIT_SSH" with the path to the PuTTY plink.exe or preferably to TortoiseGitPLink.exe. This can be done on the command line by executing "set GIT_SSH=PATH_TO_PLINK.EXE" ("C:\Program Files\!TortoiseGit\bin\TortoiseGitPLink.exe" on default installations) or permanently.

How to show extended menu items?

Press "shift" key, right-click

How to hide some menu items

setting -> Set Extend Menu Item. Choose the menu items you want to hide (by default), however, these items can be shown by pressing the "shift" key while doing the right-click.

How to use 32bit extension at 64bit system

Since version 1.7.2 the 32-bit extension is also included in the 64-bit installer.

!TortoiseGitBlame shows menu in wrong language

You have to reset the menu bar (even if you did not make any changes to it). Left click -> Customize -> Menu tab and hit Reset/Restore.