Working Locally
Just as we collaborated on GitHub on the recipes project, we can collaborate locally within the comfort of our text editor. Pair up with a partner, and "clone" each other's repos onto your computers.
Get a copy
First, change directory out of your current project. Then, get a copy of your partner's project by clicking on the clipboard icon next to the "Clone URL"
Run:
git clone <paste-clone-url-here>
Then, as before,
- Branch
git checkout -b <branch-name>
- Make edits
- Add
git add <filename>
- Commit
git commit -m "commit message about the changes"
When you're ready for your changes to go online, try:
git push origin <branch-name>
You will get a message about how you don't have permission to publish changes. Add each other as collaborators, like how your mentor added you to the recipe's repo.
Find your repo's Settings
Then go to Collaborators
Add your partner's username.
Now, try to push to each other's repo once again. Make PRs like before.
Help your team as they continue to practice and help them grow confident and recognize the similarities of what they're doing now locally with what they did on GitHub earlier.
Review
Commands to tell git to make copies
| Command | What it means | What it does |
|---|---|---|
git clone ____ |
git, clone the repo at the online address of __ | Makes a copy from __ to our computer |
git checkout -b ____ |
git, checkout a new branch called _ | Makes a copy of our project and remembers it by the name __, and switches us to this copy |
1. From git-it. ↩