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1.) Forking & Syncing a Repo

First thing's first: GitHub Enterprise is weird. At the time of writing, it for some reason doesn't allow access to internal repos until a user has become a member of some organization. If you get a 404 when you go to the assignment repo link, try creating an organization with a random name (perhaps a combination of a childhood home's street name and your favorite snack food... or just a uuid). Then try again. GitHub Enterprise is weird...

Directions for forking an assignment repo and keeping it properly synced.

1. Fork the Repo​

Fork Button

Click the fork button in the upper right corner of the assignment repo.

2. Create a Local Clone of your Fork​

Clone

Navigate to your newly forked repo, and clone the fork as you normally would by clicking on the green "Code" button and selecting your preferred method of cloning.

3. Configure Git to Sync your fork​

  1. Navigate to the location of your local clone of the fork
  2. Type git remote -v You should see the current configured remote repository for your fork which will look something like this:
$ git remote -v
> origin  https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/YOUR_USERNAME/assignment2.git (fetch)
> origin  https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/YOUR_USERNAME/assignment2.git (push)
  1. Type $ git remote add upstream https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/CS4620-F2022/Assignment[assignment#].git where [assignment#] is replaced with the number of the specific assignment. Do double check that the URL which follows upstream is the URL you would copy when cloning the original assignment repo.
  2. To verify the new upstream repository you've specified for your fork, type git remote -v again. You should see the URL for your fork as origin, and the URL for the original repository as upstream. It will look something like this:
$ git remote -v
> origin    https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/YOUR_USERNAME/assignment2.git (fetch)
> origin    https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/YOUR_USERNAME/assignment2.git (push)
> upstream  https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/CS4620-F2022/assignment2.git (fetch)
> upstream  https://github.coecis.cornell.edu/CS4620-F2022/assignment2.git (push)

4. Syncing your Fork​

If their are changes to the original repository, you will want to sync your fork with this repo by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to the location of your local clone of the fork
  2. Type git fetch upstream which will fetch the new commits from the upstream repository
  3. Type git checkout main to ensure you are on the main branch of your local repo
  4. Type git merge upstream/main to merge any changes from the original assignment repo into your local fork

5. Push your Changes (Optional)​

Syncing your fork only updates your local copy of the repository. If you want to update your fork on GitHub make sure to push your changes! Copied