New ARC members follow these instructions to learn GitHub and Linux command line
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run
git clone https://github.com/UND-ARC/Playground.gitin your UDrive directory this will create a copy of the repository in your UDrive for you to use -
create a directory in the local copy of the repository with your name as the title
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create a new file in your personal directory (any file will do)
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run
git add . -
then
git commit -m "Write a descriptive message about what changes you are pushing" -
finally
git push origin master -
this will push whatever changes you have made to GitHub
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go through the "learning the shell" lessons from the following link to learn the Linux command line http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php
After someone else has made changes, "pull" their changes down with:
git pull origin master
There is a more in-depth guide on Git/GitHub located here