How to set up Sourcetree

[Huevos]

I am migrating from Smartgit 3. In Smartgit I can pull (and push) from Github without problems.

In Sourcetree I can read from my local gits, but for some reason I cannot pull (or push) from Github.

Any idea what I can have done wrong in setting this up? I tried removing Sourcetree and reinstalling but it remembers everything from before the new install.

[darylchuah · Accepted solution]

Hi Huevos

You can refer to the following links to see whether if it helps or not:

• https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/SOURCETREEKB/Two-Factor+Authentication+(2FA)+with+GitHub+in+SourceTree
• I can't connect to Github from Sourcetree

[Huevos]

Yes, pull button was clickable. It was an authentication problem.

Two other problems. It won't allow me to use my SSH key. When I try to add it it asks for the passphrase and then tells me the passphrase is wrong.

Other problem is I am tracking two remotes. One of the remotes is a copy of my local and the other is pretty different. I want to cherry pick off this remote and incorporate the changes into my local. How do I do it? So I maybe want to pick 5 commits off this remote and have them show up as one merge on my local.

[Seth]

Please post your questions as new questions, not as an answer to an existing, unrelated question.

[Seth]

Also, accept Daryl's answer if it helped you.

[Seth]

A little more description of the problem would be helpful. Are you able to click the push/pull buttons? What happens when you do? Are there any error messages in the interface?