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working with fork

Mark van Koningsveld edited this page Feb 18, 2021 · 2 revisions

Getting started

  1. Download Fork on git-fork.com
  2. Open Fork
  3. Sign-up on GitHub (Join GitHub · GitHub)
  4. Create a link between GitHub and Fork
    1. Open Fork and create SSH link
      1. File -> Configure SSH Keys -> New SSH key
      2. Fill in Key File Name and Email
      3. Copy Public Key (starting with: ssh-rsa ….)
    2. Go to settings on GitHub in your own GitHub profile
      1. Go to SSH and GPG keys
      2. New SSH key -> Paste public key

The following steps are needed to work with Fork to get files from, or commit files to, a GitHub repository

  1. Create a Repository
  2. Copy the repository weblink (https://github.com/....)
  3. Open Fork
    1. File -> Clone -> Paste weblink
    2. Right click on Origin (below remotes) -> Change HTTPS to SSH
    3. Click on edit
    4. Test connection
  4. Search for the File name on your local computer
  5. Open this file
  6. Copy files you want to transfer to GitHub to this
  7. Open Fork
    1. Go to changes
    2. Click on the file and then stage (multiple files possible)
    3. Enter a commit subject and click on commit
    4. Go to All Commits -> Click on push -> Push
  8. Open GitHub to see your files