iGEM2018

How to navigate the iGEM Wiki repository

How to deal with github

• Read: Introduction to Git and the Command line.
• Read: Git Workflow for Beginners.

How to update the iGEM repo from the command line

For the first time:

1. Go to terminal/command line
2. Navigate to the project folder (using cd)
3. Clone the repo to create a local copy on your computer by clicking "clone" under the repo name to copy the clone url
4. Go back to terminal
5. Type in this command and paste the url you copied

git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY

6. Press enter. That should clone the repo.
7. Navigate to the new folder that is now under your project folder
8. Execute the commands below

After Cloning:

1. Go to terminal/command line
2. Navigate to the project folder (using cd)
3. Execute the following commands

git add .
git commit -m "your commit message"
git push origin master

To check what's going on, use

git status

How to pull from the iGEM repo from the command line

git pull origin master