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diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md index b5e40aa40f..9678a4c528 100644 --- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -488,18 +488,10 @@ Navigate to the Rails [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rails/rails) and pr Add the new remote to your local repository on your local machine: ```bash -$ git remote add mine https://github.com/<your user name>/rails.git +$ git remote add fork https://github.com/<your user name>/rails.git ``` -Push to your remote: - -```bash -$ git push mine my_new_branch -``` - -You might have cloned your forked repository into your machine and might want to add the original Rails repository as a remote instead, if that's the case here's what you have to do. - -In the directory you cloned your fork: +You may have cloned your local repository from rails/rails or you may have cloned from your forked repository. To avoid ambigity the following git commands assume that you have made a "rails" remote that points to rails/rails. ```bash $ git remote add rails https://github.com/rails/rails.git @@ -516,23 +508,17 @@ Merge the new content: ```bash $ git checkout master $ git rebase rails/master +$ git checkout my_new_branch +$ git rebase rails/master ``` Update your fork: ```bash -$ git push origin master -``` - -If you want to update another branch: - -```bash -$ git checkout branch_name -$ git rebase rails/branch_name -$ git push origin branch_name +$ git push fork master +$ git push fork my_new_branch ``` - ### Issue a Pull Request Navigate to the Rails repository you just pushed to (e.g. @@ -582,29 +568,15 @@ branches, squashing makes it easier to revert bad commits, and the git history can be a bit easier to follow. Rails is a large project, and a bunch of extraneous commits can add a lot of noise. -In order to do this, you'll need to have a git remote that points at the main -Rails repository. This is useful anyway, but just in case you don't have it set -up, make sure that you do this first: - -```bash -$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/rails/rails.git -``` - -You can call this remote whatever you'd like, but if you don't use `upstream`, -then change the name to your own in the instructions below. - -Given that your remote branch is called `my_pull_request`, then you can do the -following: - ```bash -$ git fetch upstream -$ git checkout my_pull_request -$ git rebase -i upstream/master +$ git fetch rails +$ git checkout my_new_branch +$ git rebase -i rails/master < Choose 'squash' for all of your commits except the first one. > < Edit the commit message to make sense, and describe all your changes. > -$ git push origin my_pull_request -f +$ git push fork my_new_branch -f ``` You should be able to refresh the pull request on GitHub and see that it has @@ -620,7 +592,7 @@ you can force push to your branch on GitHub as described earlier in squashing commits section: ```bash -$ git push origin my_pull_request -f +$ git push fork my_new_branch -f ``` This will update the branch and pull request on GitHub with your new code. Do @@ -632,7 +604,7 @@ note that using force push may result in commits being lost on the remote branch If you want to add a fix to older versions of Ruby on Rails, you'll need to set up and switch to your own local tracking branch. Here is an example to switch to the 4-0-stable branch: ```bash -$ git branch --track 4-0-stable origin/4-0-stable +$ git branch --track 4-0-stable rails/4-0-stable $ git checkout 4-0-stable ``` |