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How to Github for GovEx.

Slides based on Richard Dunks' Mining The Web class at Pratt

Quick and dirty:

When starting from scratch (in Github desktop):

  • Clone your repo -- remember where you've saved it locally
  • Create a branch for yourself. Naming convention is (currently; subject to change): YYYYMMDD-name-task/feature
  • Make sure you change to your branch
  • Make your changes
  • Commit your changes
  • Push (sync, in the desktop app) your changes to the repo
  • Submit a pull request. Someone will +1 or merge your pull request.

When working on a repo you've already cloned (you should create a new branch every time):

  • Change to master branch
  • Pull or sync changes
  • Create a new branch, and change to it.
  • Make your changes
  • Commit your changes
  • Push (sync, in the desktop app) your changes to the repo
  • Submit a pull request. Someone will +1 or merge your pull request.

Some things to remember:

  • Commit often!
  • Whenever it makes sense, push your changes and make a pull request. This is especially true if you're going to stop working on a repo for more than an hour.
  • Don't work directly on master, or push to master.

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