Lesson2b VersionControl

Version Control : Collaborative Workflow on GitHub

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github.com?

GitHub is a site where many people store their open (and closed) source code repositories. It provides tools for browsing, collaborating on and documenting code.

Setting up github at first requires [[some setup | http://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect]].

~.gitconfig

Once you've set up your rsa keys, you need to tell github who you are. Crack open a terminal.

$ git config --global user.name "Firstname Lastname"
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Unless your name is Firstname Lastname, please don't copy the above lines verbatim. Make the appropriate substitutions.

If you did this properly, you'll have a file in your home (~) directory that's called .gitconfig . It's contents should look like :

[user]
      name = Katy Huff
      email = [email protected]

This configuration step allows github to properly credit the authorship of changes you make in your repository. For projects with numerous authors, this is essential.

Forking

Exercise : Fork Our GitHub Repository

While you probably already have a copy of the PyTrieste repository, GitHub doesn't know about it yet. You'll need to tell github you want to have an official fork of this repository.

Step 1 : Go to our [[repository | https://github.com/thehackerwithin/PyTrieste/]] from your browser, and click on the Fork button. Choose to fork it to your username rather than any organizations.

Step 2 : Clone it. From your terminal :

$ git clone [email protected]:username/PyTrieste.git
$ cd PyTrieste

Step 3 :

$ git remote add upstream git://github.com/thehackerwithin/PyTrieste.git
$ git fetch upstream