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=== Set up Github Desktop client === | === Set up Github Desktop client === | ||
1. '''Install [https://desktop.github.com/ Github Desktop client].''' | |||
2. '''Open Github Desktop.''' Click the button to move Github Desktop to your Applications folder. Github Desktop will close briefly and re-open itself from your Applications folder. | |||
::[[File:01 move to apps.png|none|300px|Move to Applications]] | |||
3. '''Click "Continue" on the welcome screen.''' | |||
::[[File:01 open github.png|none|300px|Welcome to Github]] | |||
4. '''Enter your Github credentials and click "Continue."''' We're not using the Enterprise options, so don't click that. | |||
::If you're using two-factor authentication, you'll be asked to enter that before you can click "Continue." | |||
::[[File:02 connect to github.png|none|300px|Enter Github credentials]] | |||
5. '''Confirm your account and click "Continue."''' | |||
::[[File:04 acct added.png|none|300px|Confirm Github account]] | |||
6. '''Configure Git and click "Continue."''' Confirm (or edit) the name and email address you want associated with this project on Github. | |||
::You can install the command line tools if you want to. But they're not required to use Github for Project Alopex. | |||
::[[File:05 configure git.png|none|300px|Configure Git]] | |||
7. '''Click "Done" on the Find Local Repos screen.''' This screen is asking if you want Github Desktop to know about your existing local repositories. If you're new to Github, you won't have any local repositories. So just click "Done." If you already have some repos on your computer, select the ones you want Github Desktop to know about. | |||
::[[File:06 find local repos.png|none|300px|Find local repos]] | |||
8. '''You're done!"''' Github Desktop setup is complete. Skip the tutorial. | |||
::[[File:07 done.png|none|300px|Setup complete]] | |||
=== Clone the Alopex Repository === | |||
# '''Decide on a location for your local repositories.''' Choose the location thoughtfully - moving a repo to a different directory after you've done Step 4 can cause problems later. See the example directory structure below this section. | # '''Decide on a location for your local repositories.''' Choose the location thoughtfully - moving a repo to a different directory after you've done Step 4 can cause problems later. See the example directory structure below this section. | ||
# '''Clone the remote Github repo.''' This makes a copy of the remote Github repo directory structure on your computer (a local repo). | # '''Clone the remote Github repo.''' This makes a copy of the remote Github repo directory structure on your computer (a local repo). | ||