vietquanpham / ds219sp2022

practice repository for ds 219 students

ds219sp2022

This is a repository for students in Spring 2022 DS 219

Be sure you've set your text editor in your local git config

This only has to be run once, it's a global git setting that will apply to all of your local github repositories. In the below example, atom is set.

atom is a common and easy-to-use editor, but you can set any editor you prefer.

git config --global core.editor "atom"

Fork then clone this repository

# fork first
git clone [e-mail]:yourname/ds219sp2022.git
cd ds219sp2022
git remote add upstream [e-mail]:sallyom/ds219sp2022.git

origin == your cloned fork

https://github.com/yourghusername/ds219sp2022
[e-mail]:yourghusername/ds219sp2022

upstream == the original repository

https://github.com/sallyom/ds219sp2022
[e-mail]:sallyom/ds219sp2022

Continually keep your local main branch up to date with upstream main branch

# this ensures your local working branch is current with latest upstream main branch
git checkout main
git fetch --all
git rebase upstream/main
git push origin main

Create a new branch for new work

git checkout -b my-new-branch

Continually keep your local and remote my-new-branch branch up to date with upstream main branch

git checkout my-new-branch
git fetch --all
git rebase upstream/main
# Now your local working branch will have current main branch + any commits you've added
git push --force-with-lease origin my-new-branch