PracticeRepo

This repo exists so that you can make sure that you can clone a repo, make changes, and push those changes back to Github.

Make sure that you have configured your .gitconfig file as described on Canvas and that you have your Authentication Token.

Steps

• Clone the repo

  git clone https://github.com/cs334s26/PracticeRepo.git
  

• Make sure you are in the folder

  cd PracticeRepo
  

• Create a file <lastname>.txt and add a few lines of text.

  nano <lastname>.txt
  

• Add and Commit your file (on the main branch)

  git add <lastname>.txt
  git commit -m "add information about me"
  

• Push your commit back to the repo

  git push origin main
  

  If you see the following:

  ! [rejected]        main -> main (fetch first)
  error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/cs334s26/PracticeRepo.git'
  hint: Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not
  hint: have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to
  hint: the same ref. If you want to integrate the remote changes, use
  hint: 'git pull' before pushing again.
  hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
  

  it means that someone else pushed to the repo while you were working. In this case you need to pull their work down first:

  git pull origin main
  

  This will open nano with the message:

  Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/cs334s26/PracticeRepo
  

  You can leave this message as-is and exit nano. This will merge the work on Github with your copy of the repo on your laptop.

  Now you can push:

  git push origin main
  

• Verify that your file is in the repo.