Collaborative Input

👇 Fill out Date, Username and a short Comment on this experience, and proceed with submitting the PR 👇

15/02/2024	decant09	Great resource, thanks so much Kasia
05/10/2023	JWalshe86	Forking great stuff Kaisa, thanks for this.
04/09/2023	GeorginaCarlisle	Really nice clear instructions and great communication for Kasia. Thank you for the chance to practice.
05/09/2023	ShaneDoyle	Enjoyed the process, nice to finally get a chance to practice this for myself!
05/09/2023	inc21	Really enjoying playing around here and getting more comfortable with this. Thanks a lot "kenan" Kasia!!
13/09/2023	SamOBrienOlinger	Thanks Kasia! A lot learnt from you today.
14/09/2023	URiem	Thanks for this little GitHub lesson, Kasia! Still trying to wrap my head around what exactly happened in the background as I was completing all these step. I am sure it will click eventually. It's very useful to know!
26/9/2023	URiem	Learn and Repeat the process using VSCode - always learning something new! Thanks for all the help!!
02/10/2023	NiclO1337	Thanks for opportunity to try this and learn!
09/10/2023	Zaicodes	Thank you for helping us practice this, still not 100% confident but I'm sure the Hackathon will help a lot.
12/10/2023	Kiksgold	Thank you Kasia for your help. I look forward to the next hackathon.
12/10/2023	SharjAhmed	Thanks for this lesson Kasia! Looking forward to the Hackathon!
12/10/2023	johnamdickson	Not taking part in October Hackathon but appreicate the tutorial on GitHub. Thanks Kaisa!
14/10/2023	patthoege	First time doing a fork, clone and create a new branch by myself successfully! Thanks for the help and practice Kasia!
17/10/2023	ajmmcredie	Thank you for the pre-Hackathon practise Kasia!
17/10/2023	NikolettaGr	Thank you Kasia for this opportunity!
30/10/2023	llancruzz	Thanks for the help and practice Kasia
16 /02/2024
21/3-2024	Elina	Great practice! Thanx!

Git Collaborative Visual Steps for VS Code

Slides here

Fork, Clone, and Sync Your Fork

1. Fork the Repository:

   • Click the "Fork" button on the upper right corner of the repository page. This creates your own copy of this repository.

2. Clone Your Fork:

• CodeAnywhere - click on the purple button
• Gitpod - click on the green button
• On VS Code - create folder and then:
  • On your local machine, open a terminal.
  • Navigate to the folder where you want to clone the repository.
  • Clone your fork using the HTTPS URL:

    git clone https://github.com/insert-your-username-here/Git-Collaborative.git

  • Add an upstream remote to your repository to track the original repository:

    git remote add upstream https://github.com/bezebee/Git-Collaborative.git

Make and Push Your Changes

3. Create a New Branch:

   • Create a new branch in your local repository to work on your changes:

     git checkout -b your-branch-name

4. Add and Commit Changes:

   • Make your code changes, add them, and commit them:

     git add .
     git commit -m "Your commit message"

5. Push Your Changes to Your Fork:

   • Push your local branch with the committed changes to your forked repository on GitHub:

     git push origin your-branch-name

Create a Pull Request

6. Create a Pull Request:
   • After pushing your changes to your fork, follow link from the Terminal to create a pull request
   • Once PR created and merged, come back to the README to see what to do next

Sync Your Fork with the Original Repository

7. Fetch and Merge Upstream Changes:

   • Fetch the latest changes from the original repository:

     git fetch upstream

   • Merge the upstream changes into your local main branch:

     git checkout main
     git merge upstream/main

8. Update Your Fork on GitHub:

• Push the merged changes to your fork on GitHub:

  git push origin main