Common version control questions and workarounds

Cannot access GitHub repository How to configure non-modal commit to behave like modal Dubious ownership detected when using Git project IDE freezes or crashes during Git operations triggered outside the IDE when using staging area Perforce Repository and Incoming tabs empty: Request too large, see 'p4 help maxresults' Git push reports success but the branch is not updated: remote.origin.push set to refs/for/main Repeating macOS Keychain prompt: IDE asks for login password when reading stored GitHub token How to save only the current file and discard changes in other files IDE shows submodule branch instead of root branch in the VCS widget Greyed out options for rebasing, squashing, undo-commit in the git log for commits Untrusted Server's Certificate for api.github.com: self-signed api.glb certificate Pull Request files: mark as viewed does not sync to GitHub File is not committed on macOS: file name contains a Unicode combining character Git file history and log appear unsorted: Date column shows the author date Cloned repository contains only .git: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref Git commit fails in a Dev Container: could not read log file MERGE_MSG Git worktree push: SSH key passphrase requested every time despite being saved Cannot resolve merge conflicts in 2026.2: Resolve action does nothing for Perforce, SVN, Mercurial Git push on Windows: safe.directory "not absolute" warnings and OpenSSL certificate errors Multi-line Git commit message truncated: Lines starting with # are stripped GitLab plugin: Cannot connect to repository through HTTP proxy on private network Modal commit: Partial selection not restored after pre-commit hook failure Cannot clone private GitHub repository: Permission denied (publickey) Git fetch/pull hangs indefinitely on Linux: native keychain blocks credential retrieval Git commit warns about overriding files not in changes list: File in IDE's Ignored Files and Folders but tracked by Git Java-to-Kotlin conversion adds extra 'Rename .java to .kt' commit that breaks commit-msg hooks Commit tool window: Single click on file opens diff preview Create Branch dialog: Root always set to All in multi-repo project IDE fails to start opening a WSL project: Cannot find wsl.exe in %PATH% Commit message not cleared after commit or push: Enable "Clear initial commit message" option