Contributions

Cloning the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/ChicoState/Gruvest.git

Clones the main development branch of the repository

If you want a specific branch other than main, use

$ git clone -b branch-name --single-branch https://github.com/ChicoState/Gruvest.git

Development

DO NOT push to the main branch. Push to your feature branch. Submit a pull request to main from github.

Creating your feature branch

$ git branch IssueID-Feature-Name Creates a new branch named IssueID-Feature-Name

$ git checkout IssueID-Feature-Name Switches to your development branch

$ git push -u https://github.com/ChicoState/Gruvest.git IssueID-Feature-Name Sets the remote tracking / upstream repository branch

Pulling main into your branch

$ git pull https://github.com/ChicoState/Gruvest.git main Downloads changes in main branch and merges them with your branch.

If the changes in main should serve as the base in your feature branch, use the --rebase option

Working with others on their feature branch

$ git fetch https://github.com/ChicoState/Gruvest.git TheirBranchName:YourCopyName
$ git checkout YourCopyName

Fetches their branch on the git server and makes a local clone of it