Thanks again Ben, for addressing my little niggles. I have reviewed your additions, and I feel it is a wonderful resource that I can use often until git just rolls off of the finger tips.
---------------------------- | Steve | | mowestusa@xxxxxxxxx | ----------------------------
On Thursday, January 2, 2020, 4:44:14 PM EST, Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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Fedora Program Manager
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<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
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