Git and GitHub

Use the GitHub Website to Work on Ink/Stitch

Clone repository

for full manual setup see instructions for your operating system: Linux/macOS, Windows
```
git clone https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch.git
cd inkstitch
```
Create and enter into a new branch (even possible when you already made changes)
```
git checkout -b username/branch-name
```
View changed files or current branch name
```
git status
```
View changes
```
git diff
```
Add changes to staging area
```
git add *
```
Or add specific files only
```
git add path-to-filename.ext
```
Commit changes
```
git commit -m 'commit message'
```
Push changes to a new branch in upstream repo
```
git push -u origin username/branch-name
```
Push changes to existing branch in upstream repo (after usage of git add and git commit)
```
git push
```
Return to the main branch
```
git checkout main
```
or whatever branch
```
git checkout username/branch-name
```
If you want to work on the website checkout the branch gh-pages
```
git checkout gh-pages
```

Ink/Stitch will now build a development release which can be found in https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch/releases (in approx. 25 minutes).

When you are satisfied with the results, make a pull request (see above).

To update the local copy, simply use

git pull

This will pull in the changes from upstream for the currently used branch