<div dir="ltr">Hi Chris,<div><br></div><div><div>> following the instructions at<br></div></div><div><div>> <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo">https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo</a> doesn't work .</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>The article you want is:</div><div><a href="https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo" target="_blank">https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo</a><br></div><div><br>
</div><div>*not* the one on forking a repo. The forking article is when you want to make a copy of someone *else's* repository and work on your copy of it. In your case, it is your own repo that you control. So you need to:</div>
<div>A) create the repo on GitHub (you did this already)</div><div>B) clone it to your local workstation (that's what "git clone" does; you can also do it via GitHub for Mac or other UI)</div><div>
C) hack on the local copy on your workstation</div><div>D) commit your changes, which is like taking a snapshot so you don't lose work</div><div>E) push your commits back to the remote server, so others can see what you did</div>
<div><br></div><div>Pushing your changes back to GitHub is also nice in case your computer explodes, so you don't lose any work. You won't even lose the *history* of your work since the entire thing is there on the server. (And the entire thing is there on you local workstation -- that's why it's called a "clone").</div>
<div><br></div><div><div><div>> I'm still lost and do not want to start trying things without knowing</div><div>> what I'm doing.</div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div>I strongly suggest you take the time to read up on Git so that you have a basic understanding before you flail around too much. It will save you a lot of frustration.</div>
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<div><a href="http://git-scm.com/book" target="_blank">http://git-scm.com/book</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Curtis</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@gaiag.net" target="_blank">chris@gaiag.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div><blockquote type="cite">
<div>Hi Chris,<br><br>On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Chris wrote:<br>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Johannes Schindelin wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If you have a Mac, why don't you use GitHub for Mac?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br>
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-repositories" target="_blank">https://help.github.com/articles/working-with-repositories</a><br>
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">In case you cannot find the GitHub for Mac download:<br>
</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://mac.github.com/" target="_blank">http://mac.github.com/</a><br>
</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">OK, I do use Mac and I set up GitHub for Mac -- thank you! <br></blockquote><br>It still did not work :-( <a href="https://github.com/ad1054/Postcards" target="_blank">https://github.com/ad1054/Postcards</a> still shows<br>
only the initial commit...<br><br>Ciao,<br>Johannes<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div>I know,. I'm still lost and do not want to start trying things without knowing what I'm doing. For example, I tried:</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>ChrisGAIAG:~ chris$ git clone ad1054/Postcards</div><div>fatal: repository 'ad1054/Postcards' does not exist</div></div>
<div><br>
</div></blockquote><div>so I don't know the correct commands. I can see my repository at <a href="https://github.com/ad1054/Postcards" target="_blank">https://github.com/ad1054/Postcards</a>, but following the instructions at <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo" target="_blank">https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo</a> doesn't work . The first step is to fork the repository by clicking the "Fork" button, which does nothing. So I can't really proceed in cloning my repository when I can't get past the first step. </div>
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