Recently, I had to create a Github account for work in addition to the one that I have for my personal repos. Not a big deal having two accounts but figuring out how to switch the account to use depending on the repository was difficult to figure out.
Luckily, the solution is really straight forward to implement. methods
Syncing your forked repository to the original repository is an important step before submitting any pull request to the original repository for the changes in your forked repository. Even if you are not going to submit a pull request to the original repository, there are times that you want the additional features and/or bug fixes that have been done since you forked the original repository. You could do a pull request but this adds an additional commit into your forked repository instead of making your forked repository match the original repository.
Syncing your forked repository to the original repository is an important step before submitting any pull request to the original repository for the changes in your forked repository. Even if you are not going to submit a pull request to the original repository, there are times that you want the additional features and/or bug fixes that have been done since you forked the original repository. You could do a pull request but this adds an additional commit into your forked repository instead of making your forked repository match the original repository.
When I am working on a git repository and using the git command line, one of the things that I often end up checking it which git branch I am on and if there are any pending changes. How awesome would it be if the bash shell prompt, told you the branch name if the directory is part of a git repository and if there are any changes. Well, thankfully someone has done this work already and with a little bit of configuration on your part, you can implement the changes.
I am finally making myself learn the git command line instead of just using a UI so that I can actually understand what git is really doing. Plus I have started playing a lot with the IonicBox and running a Ubuntu vagrant controlled VM for this blog and both of those are just linux shell command prompt only machines. Below are my notes on various commands so that I can stop having to Google each time I forgot one of them.