- To fork the project, click the
Forkbutton located at the top right of the project. - this makes a copy of the code IN YOUR Github ACCOUNT
- Navigate to your github account to find the newly forked repository.
- This is your copy of the code, not the original copy of ZipCode's
- Copy the URL of the project to the clipboard.
- Clone the repository from your account into the
~/Projectsdirectory.- if you do not have a
~/Projectsdirectory, make one by executing the following command:mkdir ~/Projects
- navigate to the
~/Projectsdirectory by executing the following command:cd ~/Projects
- clone the project by executing the following command:
git clone https://github.com/ZipCodeCore/MyFirstFork
- if you do not have a
_Please note, Projects, is just a suggestion. Over the years, some have made it Code, Source, src or even p. Generally, though, you should keep all your source code together in a folder/directory. _
- edit the
my-namefile inside the MyFirstFork directory, by adding your name to the file.
- from a terminal navigate to the root directory of the cloned project.
- from the root directory of the project, execute the following commands:
- add all changes
git add .
- commit changes to be pushed
git commit -m 'I have added changes'
- push changes to your repository
git push -u origin main
- add all changes
- now, check that the code has been copied UP to the Github site.
- navigate to your fork of the repo, the one in your account and cloned.
- make sure the commit message is correct and up to date
- look in the my-name file up on the github site to make sure your name is there.
- from the browser, navigate to the forked project from your github account.
- copy the URL of the repo using the button
- go to the student portal and submit the URL (your url) for the lab.
You can do it, we know you can. Ask around if confused, you're not the only one confused.