Big Data Interest Group Programming

How to get started with pushing your code to this repository

• Open up your terminal or command prompt and follow the instructions below (terminal commands are highlighted in grey)
• Change directory to your desktop or whichever folder you wish to use: cd Desktop
• Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/NLSanyu/Big-Data-ACE-Programming.git (this clone link can also be obtained from the green Code button at the top right of this repository page)
• Change directory into the repository folder that you just cloned: cd Big-Data-ACE-Programming
• Open up the repository in a code editor or text editor of your choice
• Back in the terminal, create a branch: git checkout -b your-branch-name (your branch name should be your name - please use dashes instead of spaces between the names)
• Create a file within the repository folder and add your code to it
• When you are ready to push your work:
  • git add your-file-name-or-path or git add . to add all files
  • git commit -m "commit message" (the commit message is a simple summary of what you have added)
  • git push -u origin your-branch-name (your-branch-name is the name of the branch you created earlier)