Today I worked through the Github tutorial. The tutorial covers the basic usage of Github, but I wanted to take it a step further.

The tutorial involved editing code in my own repository. I forked the repository using a second account so I could make changes and do a pull request in the first account. Afterwards, I followed the same steps from the tutorial in the second account. I created a new branch for my repository, made a change to the readme, created a PR, and merged it to the master branch of my repository,

Finally, I logged into the first account and merged the pull request from my second account’s forked repository to the master branch. This also showed me the process developers use when updating a product. Now I know which branch to refer to when reading a pull request.

This was a fun exercise! I got to learn how to use Github and do some experimenting on my own. Now that I get the basic functions, I’ll be using it more often.

-CF