Updating installed my data

[Hyeon-Hoo]

Hi,
I want to update the folder installed using git clone.
If there is file added to the github server, I want to keep the already installed files and update the latest files.
(The name of the file being added is different from the existing one.)

I studied a function called brunch, but it seems that the purpose of this is to update the data of the GitHub server.
If anyone knows, please reply. Thanks,

[jdevfullstack]

if you create a branch and modified files there, only modified files will be updated and the rest will be kept without changes

[Hyeon-Hoo]

Is that way to update a folder in my local path?
And I want to add only newly created files.

[jdevfullstack]

what are you trying to achieve ? copy changes from a GitHub repo to your local copy ?

a branch in GitHub is what I'm referring too, they are both on GitHub, not a local copy

[Hyeon-Hoo]

Yes, that's right.
I know that developers use branches to update GitHub files.
However, my goal is to create guidelines to update students' folders with simple code when I add files to GitHub.
Is there any way?

[chalupsky]

what are you trying to achieve ? copy changes from a GitHub repo to your local copy ?

a branch in GitHub is what I'm referring too, they are both on GitHub, not a local copy

[chalupsky]

Hi,
I want to update the folder installed using git clone.
If there is file added to the github server, I want to keep the already installed files and update the latest files.
(The name of the file being added is different from the existing one.)

I studied a function called brunch, but it seems that the purpose of this is to update the data of the GitHub server.
If anyone knows, please reply. Thanks,

[jdevfullstack]

if, say, you have a repo that students have forked, when a certain file, say a Reminder file is updated, they can simply have a copy of that by clicking the Sync button but their local changes, their own versions will be kept intact, only the Reminder file that is updated, that's the power of version control

[airtower-luna]

git clone creates a local copy of the repository. To update it, you'll usually want to use git pull, which is effectively a combination of git fetch (update data from remote repository) and git merge (to add remote updates to the local branch).

For details, see: Git Basics - Working with Remotes. That is part of the Git Book, I recommend both you and your students read at least chapters 2 and 3 to learn Git basics. 😉

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