@@ -22,26 +22,29 @@ The instructions below are for command line use of git.
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24241 . First, from the PR on the Github website, find the name of the
25- fork + branch name. It should be formatted something like this:
25+ user + branch name. It should be formatted something like this:
2626 ```
2727 contributorusername:contributor_branch_name
2828 ```
2929
30+ Additionally, find the name of the fork on the fork's page on Github.
31+ The `fork_name` may simply be `Submitty`, or the author may have chosen to another name.
32+
3033
31342. Next, make a local branch on your computer in your working repository
32- with the proposed code changes. Here are the command lines
33- (substitute the fork & branch name we found above):
35+ with the proposed code changes. Here are the command lines
36+ (substitute the user, branch, and fork names we found above):
3437
3538 If you **are not** using ssh keys on git:
3639 ```
3740 git checkout -b contributorusername-contributor_branch_name main
38- git pull https://github.com/contributorusername/Submitty .git contributor_branch_name
41+ git pull https://github.com/contributorusername/fork_name .git contributor_branch_name
3942 ```
4043
4144 If you **are** using ssh keys on git:
4245 ```
4346 git checkout -b contributorusername-contributor_branch_name main
44- git pull [email protected] :contributorusername/Submitty .git contributor_branch_name 47+ git pull [email protected] :contributorusername/fork_name .git contributor_branch_name 4548 ```
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@@ -58,13 +61,13 @@ The instructions below are for command line use of git.
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5962 If you **are not** using ssh keys on git:
6063 ```
61- git remote add upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/Submitty .git
64+ git remote add upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/fork_name .git
6265 ```
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6467
6568 If you **are** using ssh keys on git:
6669 ```
67- git remote add upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/Submitty .git 70+ git remote add upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/fork_name .git 6871 ```
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@@ -77,16 +80,16 @@ The instructions below are for command line use of git.
7780 ```
7881 origin https://github.com/Submitty/Submitty.git (fetch)
7982 origin https://github.com/Submitty/Submitty.git (push)
80- upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/Submitty .git (fetch)
81- upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/Submitty .git (push)
83+ upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/fork_name .git (fetch)
84+ upstream https://github.com/contributorusername/fork_name .git (push)
8285 ```
8386
8487 Or this if you **are** using ssh keys on git:
8588 ```
8689 origin [email protected] :Submitty/Submitty.git (fetch) 8790 origin [email protected] :Submitty/Submitty.git (push) 88- upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/Submitty .git (fetch) 89- upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/Submitty .git (push) 91+ upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/fork_name .git (fetch) 92+ upstream [email protected] :contributorusername/fork_name .git (push) 9093 ```
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