Working With Branches

Creating a Branch

make sure ur in the master branch by typing git branch
what ever branch you are in witll be green and have a * before it
if you not in master commit any current changes then run git chechout master to switch to the master branch
Make sure your branch is up to date with github by running git pull origin master
Now your ready to create a new branch
to create a new branch run git checkout -b name-of-branch
name your branch after the feature you will be working on
you now are working in a new branch

every time you stage changes and then commit you want to push your changes to your branch on github to keep it up to date.
run the command git push origin name-of-branch

On Github, on the main page of your repository, navigate to the branches tab.
Find your branch in the list and click the assosiated New Pull Request button.
- That will Open a new page
Leave some short Comments about the why and what you did.
click the Create Pull Request button

On Github on the main page of your Repository, navigate to the Pull Requests Tab.
click on the link to your open pull request.
Now you are looking at an Open Pull Request
Click on the Files Changed Tab and Review the changes to your code base.
If the code will not break your project
Switch back to the conversation tab
Click Merge Pull Requeset
then Click Confirm Merge
then you can optionaly click Delete Branch
If the code will break your project
Switch back to the conversation tab
Click Cancel Pull Requeset