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2 years ago @TarasAbakumov, you can tag me in issues (by typing @vladsud anywhere) - that way I'll get notification and can respond to you right away. Tagging @Vladimirtrif in case he has other tricks and tips.
Here is what I'd recommend, but it's not the only way - there are a lot of tools in this space and a lot of documentation on the web and youtube in particular. Some of the steps you already did. Note that I'll describe "bare" process without any extra tools, and then add more posts about other tools.
Pre-steps:
- install git: https://git-scm.com/download/win
- Install VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
- Launch console ("command prompt" or cmd.exe in Windows).
- Go to any folder where you want to create clone of code
- git clone https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22
- you may add a folder name to the end if you want to call it something else than Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22, i.e. if you want folder to be called Robotics, then you this:
- git clone https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22 Robotics
- cd
- code .
Now you can make local changes. When you think you are ready you can do something like that:
- git checkout -b
- This will create local branch with the name you specify (instead of
)
- This will create local branch with the name you specify (instead of
- git add *
- This will "stage" all changed files. Only stages files can be committed. I.e., if you keep making changes after that point, they will not be included, unless you run this command again.
- git commit
- This (for me) opens a commit file in VSCode where I can type description. Once I click commit button (second in a set of 4 in screen shot below), changes are committed locally
- This (for me) opens a commit file in VSCode where I can type description. Once I click commit button (second in a set of 4 in screen shot below), changes are committed locally
- git push origin
- this will push your changes to github server and will create branch over there - same as the one on your local machine. I.e. it will push all the changes in this branch to github. You should be able to go to https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22 and see it in the list of branches when you click on "main" dropdown like in this picture:
- Or, you can go here and see it in the list: https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22/branches
- Or, you can just go to https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22/tree/
- You should see a button to create PR from here. This will raise a PR, similar to ones you see here from me: https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22/pulls
- this will push your changes to github server and will create branch over there - same as the one on your local machine. I.e. it will push all the changes in this branch to github. You should be able to go to https://github.com/Vladimirtrif/Team-949z_Pelmen_Vex_21-22 and see it in the list of branches when you click on "main" dropdown like in this picture:
The purpose to raise PR is to get feedback. Eventually, when everything looks right, you can merge it (click big green button in PR view) and merge it. This will submit your changes to main branch in github. You would need to do git pull origin main to get those changes back to your main branch on your laptop.
I'm sure it looks too complicated. But once you go through the process once, it's actually not that bad. The reason it's a lot of steps is mostly because of how git works - it's distributed version control system where you have full copy of everything (usually - most branches) on your local laptop, and you run these commands to push and pull changes between your laptop and github.com.
It's 3rd button on the left rail:
Am I supposed to write new code inside GitHub, or use something different like Visual Studio Code. If I do the latter, how do I upload the new changes?