MissingMaps Really Rough Git Primer

create local copy of your GitHub fork

git clone https://github.com/<username>/missingmaps.github.io.git

change directory to newly cloned fork

cd missingmaps.github.io

see what branches you have (and which one you are currently on)

git branch

create a new branch based on the branch you are currently on

git checkout -b <newbranchname>

make your changes to files, add new files, etc.

add any new files to git (so git knows to track them)

git add -A

commit your changes

git commit -am "your commit message"

push your branch to GitHub (creates your new branch on GitHub)

git push origin <newbranchname>

switch to the publish branch (on any other branch)

git checkout <branchname> so: git checkout publish

get publish branch up-to-date with GitHub version (or any other branch)

git pull origin <branchname> so: git pull origin publish

if your GitHub version of publish is not up-to-date with the core MissingMaps repo, you can either add upstrem references (not shown here) or do a Pull Request (on GitHub between the main repo publish branch and your publish branch