How to work with git on the command line

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Due to the change from Bazaar/Launchpad to Github, this page needs to be rewritten

Have a look at these pages:

• How to work with bazaar on the command line
• How to work with git through the GUI on Windows

Configure git

git config --global user.name "FIRSTNAME LASTNAME"
git config --global user.email "EMAIL@EXAMPLE.ORG"
git config --global credential.helper cache
git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'

Clone the repository

• First it is best you login to Github, and go to https://github.com/openpetra/openpetra.
• Then you should create a fork, so that you have permission to commit to your fork at Github.
  • see also https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/

Then on the commandline, in Git Bash, you can run:

git clone --depth 10 https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/openpetra

Commit your changes

It is best to create a branch for the feature/bug you are working on:

git checkout -b mynewbranch

Then commit your changes into that branch:

git commit -a

Push your changes to Github

This will publish your branch at Github, in your fork of OpenPetra:

git push origin

Create a pull request at Github

See https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/