On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 6:56 AM Brian (bex) Exelbierd <bexelbie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have an alternative approach that I like that I feel like makes it easier to keep the fork in sync. This feels like a huge point of friction for new users and this is hte only reason I am proposing it. > I think I captured this in the latest version, can you please take a look and make sure I'm not misrepresenting it? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bcotton/git-for-docs-writers On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 12:10 PM mowestusa <mowestusa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 3. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bcotton/git-for-docs-writers#Before_every_contribution > - Would it be a good idea to add in this section the following additional command? > > git push origin master > Good point! I don't use the web interface much, so I didn't think of that. I added it to my draft. > 4. The following question came up when I started making edits that I didn't have the time to finish today. > - I understand that ++git checkout -b branch_name++ puts me into my working branch that I have created. > - However if I need to close my text editor and come back to my edits later, how do I know if I'm still making those edits in my "work in progress" branch instead of my forked "master" branch? > - Do I fire up a terminal and just run ++git checkout -b branch_name++ again? > - Or is there a "status" type command that I would run from the terminal to know what branch I'm making my edits in? > `git branch` will tell you the current branch, along with the other branches it knows about. Your current branch starts with *. I added a tip to the "Making a contribution" section: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Bcotton/git-for-docs-writers#Making_a_contribution -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Fedora Program Manager Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ docs mailing list -- docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
