Syncing your Fork of the GTN

Authors: orcid logoHelena Rasche avatar Helena Rasche orcid logoSaskia Hiltemann avatar Saskia Hiltemann Add Contributions!

Whenever you want to contribute something new to the GTN, it is important to start with an up-to-date branch. To do this, you should always update the main branch of your fork, before creating a so-called feature branch, a branch where you make your changes.

  1. Point your browser to your fork of the GTN repository
    • The url will be https://github.com/<your username>/training_material (replacing ‘your username’ with your GitHub username)

  2. You might see a message like “This branch is 367 commits behind galaxyproject/training-material:main.” as in the screenshot below.

    Github with the top bar of a repository shown, including the button for 'Sync Fork'

  3. Click the Sync Fork button on your fork to update it to the latest version.

  4. TIP: never work directly on your main branch, since that will make the sync process more difficult. Always create a new branch before committing your changes.
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