🔒 Need help with github

[mellow cape]

So i had done the qualifier for the py jam and wanted to push the code (ofc to my private repository) but i wanna know the best method of doing it

I had gotten the base file by cloning from https://github.com/python-discord/code-jam-12-qualifier

I am using vsc

[scenic rover]

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[mellow cape]

i feel like i shouldnt have cloned from that repo and instead done something else

but i dont know what

[foggy wind]

Clone means that origin url is exact url you cloned from. Push uses origin url.
You want to fork 🍴 the repo -> split your own code from original and make it run at its own thing (when you draw the commit tree, the bottom is the single line and then higher up they split into two or more, giving the fork teeth).

It can be done in github/other git repo hosting by hitting fork button and then cloning the resulting repo...

But you can also just change config of your existing repo.
You need to change upstream (imagine the forking lines being a stream - you gotta swim back to where original was) to point to original, and make your own repo url be a new origin remote.
This shows the commands to do those steps - https://gist.github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/8ca9c04924ac11a50d48c2061d28b090
From step 2.

[mellow cape]

i see

thank you

i know about clone and now about fork
are there any other things i should know about?

[brazen summit]

there are quite a few things you may want to know, put the basic commands for general usage are usually only: add, commit, push and pull

[mellow cape]

what is the difference between add and commit?

[brazen summit]

it could help to use a GUI app for that. I use pycharms built-in version control features, but GitHub Desktop also seems nice from what I occasionally saw.

you may have multiple edited files in your code, but only want to commit a few of them.
with git add you decide which files should be committed.
And a "commit" is the actual "saving to the log/history" mechanic.

[mellow cape]

oohh

lets say i make a few changes

i can then add them

then commit

then make few more changes, then commit

and now i can finally push

[brazen summit]

exactly

[mellow cape]

nicee

what happens when i commit but dont push

can others view my code?

[brazen summit]

it stays on your computer

[mellow cape]

oh

[brazen summit]

push is the "uploading to github" part.

[mellow cape]

and pull is to get other ppl's push

[brazen summit]

(or any remote git repository for that matter. it's not limited to github)

yes

[mellow cape]

i see it makes sense now

thanks a lott

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