Evgenia Chunikhina [email protected]
Ben McCamish [email protected]
These instructions are for the MacOSX client, but they will most likely translate relatively easy to windows.
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Download github app. https://mac.github.com https://windows.github.com
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Clone repository
- Select your user name in the left column window
- Select repo from list of your repositories
- Select 'Clone'/'Clone to Computer'
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Syncing
- With the github app the 'Sync' button does both pushing and pulling simultaneously.
- Always pull before making changes and pushing
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Commits
- Select files that you wish to commit (by default they are all selected)
- Click 'Commit' to stage changes for pushing.
- Commits are not synced with repo until you press 'Sync'
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Creating a Branch
- By default everything is on the master branch
- If you are going to make some changes that may take some time or implimenting a specific feature, then create a new branch.
- Do this by selecting 'Branches' from the left column.
- Then select the '+' next to the branch you wish to break from
- Creating a branch copies all the existing commits in that branch into the new one. Commits to each branch will remain seperate until they are merged again.
The tutorials on GitHub do a much better job of explaining things then I do. Here are the links:
Mac: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-mac
Windows: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-windows
Linux: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git#platform-linux
You may need to become familiar with using github command line to manage things like merges and such.