This explanation was very helpful to me. I kind of thought of clones and branches as altering a timeline in a sci fi movie, where it never goes back to the original timeline again, and gets orphaned. Now I understand it is about branching off, editing, and suggesting adding the change to the original.
On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 3:35:30 PM UTC-5, Furicle wrote: > > I'm no Git guru, or big GitHub user for that matter. > I do use Git a bit for my sysadmin related scripts at work, some html > stuff etc. > > Real GitHub people please feel free to step in as needed.... > > The normal flow with GitHub as I understand it is this: > > 0 - create a GitHub account > 1 - 'Clone' or copy an existing 'repository' or set of code and it's > historical info into your own account. > 2 - (optional) create a 'branch' where you'll work on one concept or > feature you want to improve > 3 - make the changes you want > 4 - go back to the original repository and create a 'pull request' - > you're telling the repository owner you've done something they should add > back into the master set of code. > 5 - discussion takes place on the comments around pull request > 6 - revise changes > 7 - create new pull request(?) > 8 - project owner(s) merge > 9 - repeat at step 2 > > I'm a little hazy how you keep your clone up to date with the master, and > the best way to revise pull requests. > > Did that help or hurt? > > On Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 2:18:03 PM UTC-5, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> some people are afraid of it from what I understand. >> >> >> I don't think we are afraid of it so much as non-comprehending of it. >> >> In my case I can raise a GitHub Issue (with work & a lot more restrain >> than my usual want). Doing a "PR" (whatever the hell that is) is something >> totally different that looks seriously weird still to me. >> >> Best wishes >> Josiah >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/479aae41-0b5b-4273-b0f9-174f9ab978ff%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
