git-branching

Let's try some branching. This workflow would be as if you were working in a solo project.

You are a cat blogger. You are writing an entry in your cat blog. Save the blog as a commit in git.

Setting up the Repository

• Create a new repo:

1. mkdir catworld
2. cd catworld
3. echo "Sweet beast yowling nonstop the whole night or lie on your belly and purr when you are asleep yet scratch at fleas, meow until belly rubs, hide behind curtain when vacuum cleaner is on scratch strangers and poo on owners food unwrap toilet paper. Ears back wide eyed pooping rainbow while flying in a toasted bread costume in space this human feeds me, i should be a god yet hide head under blanket so no one can see." >> text-sample.txt
4. git init
5. git add .
6. git commit -m "initial commit"

Changes

You wrote a blog, but you are thinking it needs some edits. You want to keep your old blog, but want to see if the new editorial direction for your blog entry is good.

• Check out a new feature branch and add another line to the file.

git branch new-line
git checkout new-line

Make the changes:

sublime text-sample.txt

git add .
git commit

Merge your changes back into master

git checkout master

Now that you are in your master branch, see the current state of the file.

git merge new-line

You might need to set your default terminal editor:

export VISUAL=sublime
export EDITOR="$VISUAL"

Add it to github

Create a repo named catworld.

Add the github remote to your repo

Follow the part of the instructions for adding a remote. It will look something like: git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git

Push your local changes up

Follow the part of the instructions to force push up your current repo.

git push -u origin master

Make changes to your file with the github.com text editor

Pull them down from github

git pull origin master

Push your branch to github

git push origin new-line