Update a Repo

Problem to Solve

The instructor has updated the master repository for an assignment, and I want to pull those changes into my already-existing fork of the assignment.

Recipe:

  1. Log into Beskar and navigate to the main repo folder.

  2. Commit and push changes to GitHub if you've done any work in the repo.

  3. Open a terminal from the Launcher.

  4. At the terminal prompt, execute ./sync_fork.sh.

    • Messages should appear telling you that the appropriate fetching and merging has occurred.
    • If anything seems wrong, contact Prof. Beatty.

BTW, it's also possible to do this via the GitHub web interface, but it's a bit more complicated. We can fall back to that if the script doesn't work for some reason.