github_howto.txt

1st, create an account on github.com

In the following commands:
remplace your own user.name instead of MartialD
remplace your own user.email instead of martial.duchamp@gmail.com

#Github commands:
git config --global user.name "MartialD"
git config --global user.email "martial.duchamp@gmail.com"

#To get the repositeries locally on your machine (has to be done only the 1st time)
git clone https://github.com/ERCpy/ercpy

#To update your local directory from your own on-line repository
git pull https://github.com/MartialD/ercpy master

#If you which to update your local directory from the ERCpy master
git pull origin master

#Send new files from your local directory to the on-line ERCpy repository
git add .
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'git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>', which is the current default,
  ignores paths you removed from your working tree.

'git add --all <pathspec>' will let you also record the removals.
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# Adds the files in the local repository and stages them for commit. To unstage a file, use 'git reset HEAD YOUR-FILE'.
git commit -m 'First commit'

# Commits the tracked changes and prepares them to be pushed to a remote repository. To remove this commit and modify the file, use 'git reset --soft HEAD~1' and commit and add the file again.
git push https://github.com/MartialD/ercpy master

#Then, go on the ERCpy website to ask your change to be commited on the master branh of ERCpy

#useful links
https://docs.python.org/2/distutils/introduction.html#distutils-simple-example
https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/distributing.html
https://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Tutorial

#Branching
#https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging
#Switched to another branch "iss53"
git checkout -b iss53