coding_notes

Git

Clone down repo

• In terminal cd ~/projects
• git clone git@github.com:opencollective/opencollective-frontend.git
  • NOTE: need SSH set up to use git@github style repo addresses
• cd opencollective-frontend

Create a pull request

Update master branch

• git checkout master Change to master branch
  • NOTE: if you have uncommitted changes it won't let you change branch. Run git checkout . to wipe away all uncommited changes (or commit)
• git pull origin master
  • pull latest changes from: the "origin" remote (github here) and the "master" branch.
  • NOTE: this command pulls those changes into whatever branch you are currently standing in
  • NOTE: conflicts are possible (ask me)
• Now master branch is up to date

Create a branch

• git checkout -b fix_typo fix_typo is new branch name
  • zsh will show branch as fix_typo
  • to confirm what branch you're on: git branch

Make changes on branch

• git checkout fix_typos
• git pull origin master pulls in any changes made by others
• Open text editor
• Make changes
• Save

Visually confirm changes

• Go to terminal
• Press enter and see ✗
• git status shows files with changes
• git diff shows actual changes

Commit to branch

Do this in small chunks by logical category, or when done for the day

• we "stage" the files
  • this means mark them as wanting to include in a commit
  • git add README.md
  • git add translations/*.json gets you all json files in the translations folder
  • git add --all adds ALL files with changes
• we "commit" the staged files
  • git commit -m "update to README with new contributor section"
  • git status to check files not stages anymore

Push branch to origin (github)

Push every time you commit

• git checkout fix_typo (move to the branch you want to push)
• git push origin fix_typo (pushing my branch's state to my branch on the origin repo)

Open a pull request