- To fork the project, click the
Forkbutton located at the top right of the project. - this makes a copy of the code IN YOUR Github ACCOUNT
- Navigate to your github account to find the newly forked repository.
- This is your copy of the code, not the original copy of ZipCode's
- Copy the URL of the project to the clipboard.
- Clone the repository from your account into the
~/Projectsdirectory.- if you do not have a
~/Projectsdirectory, make one by executing the following command:mkdir ~/Projects
- navigate to the
~/Projectsdirectory by executing the following command:cd ~/Projects
- clone the project by executing the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ZipCodeCore/MyFirstFork
- if you do not have a
_Please note, Projects, is just a suggestion. Over the years, some have made it Code, Source, src or even p. Generally, though, you should keep all your source code together in a folder/directory. _
- edit the
my-namefile inside the MyFirstFork directory, by adding your name to the file.
- from a terminal navigate to the root directory of the cloned project.
- from the root directory of the project, execute the following commands:
- add all changes
git add .
- commit changes to be pushed
git commit -m 'I have added changes'
- push changes to your repository
git push -u origin main
- add all changes
- now, check that the code has been copied UP to the Github site.
- navigate to your fork of the repo, the one in your account and cloned.
- make sure the commit message is correct and up to date
- look in the my-name file up on the github site to make sure your name is there.
- from the browser, navigate to the forked project from your github account.
- copy the URL of the repo using the button
- go to the student portal and submit the URL (your url) for the lab.
You can do it, we know you can. Ask around if confused, you're not the only one confused.
This is my commit practice