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GutHub Desktop - Syncing with github.com #7

Closed CSBCounsel closed 8 years ago

CSBCounsel commented 8 years ago

I installed the desktop client, but I can't figure out how to sync it with my online account. I logged in to my account on the desktop client, but that's all I can do.

It almost looks like I can't sync them. I can clone or import projects, but I an't truly sync them.

Anyone know if they are supposed to sync? @bryangw1 @zmon ??

Thanks!

JwhiteheadMO commented 8 years ago

I was just doing that myself. There's probably a more direct way, but once you are logged in, you can go to the online repository and Clone or Download -> Open in Desktop. You'll be prompted to add it to your desktop client.

Then, you can edit the local files with whatever text editor you like. (Repository -> Open in Finder). When your edits are done, sync back to the hub with the client. It automatically figures out which files have been changed locally...

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I installed the desktop client, but I can't figure out how to sync it with my online account. I logged in to my account on the desktop client, but that's all I can do.

It almost looks like I can't sync them. I can clone or import projects, but I an't truly sync them.

Anyone know if they are supposed to sync? @bryangw1 https://github.com/bryangw1 @zmon https://github.com/zmon ??

Thanks!

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CSBCounsel commented 8 years ago

@JwhiteheadMO - that's what I was thinking. So unfortunately, it doesn't automatically sync. That's too bad. I was hoping it'd be like my email client. No matter where I log in (desktop, phone, browser, etc.) it is always synced.

dwmcqueen commented 8 years ago

That is part of the nature of github's underpinning, git. You don't want it to auto-sync since you may have local work that would get overwritten (such as were two of us are working on the same file). I think git's advantage over prior systems was that it distributed out the work so one person didn't, in effect, lock a file and prevent anyone else from working on it.

CSBCounsel commented 8 years ago

Thanks Duncan. Also, closing out this issue since we now know this can't be done. :)