[git-users] First repository content

2012-05-03 Thread Andrew Hardy
I have installed git for windows I have created a (virtually) empty project on github.com The tutorial says you can use fork to base your project on some one else's but it isn't clear from the flow of the text whether i fork my empty project or the someone eleses project I want to 'base' mine

[git-users] Re: First repository content

2012-05-03 Thread Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
Hi, Step one is to get the Github authentication here working. You need to generate an SSH key, and enter it to your settings. The how-to is here (under SSH keys): http://help.github.com/win-set-up-git/ Once you have this in order, you should be able to *clone* your nearly empty repository.

[git-users] Re: Already up-to-date. Yeeah! -not

2012-05-03 Thread THUFIR HAWAT
Right you are. I was referencing http://jk.gs/gittutorial.html but, as you say, was in the branch when I committed the merge, which then failed, and then I flailed around a bit. thanks for the help, I didn't realize that you should be in the master when merging to master, I thought you should