Get git
Windows
http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
Linux
$ sudo apt-get install git-core
Essential git commands
checkout, branch, clone, remote, rebase
Initial Simplified Sprinting Workflow
Fork https://github.com/openpentaho/Recipes to your Github account.
Clone to local directory
git clone YOUR_FORK_URL
Configure your "origin" remote to pull from the openpentaho repository, yet push to your fork.
git remote set-url origin git@github.com:openpentaho/Recipes.git
git remote set-url --push origin YOUR_FORK_URL
Go ahead and do your work in the "master" branch
Make some changes to the Margarita recipe, add a new one, whatever. Add the changes and commit
git commit -a -m "My Awesome Commit Message"
Refresh "master" with latest changes from upstream
git pull --rebase
Push your changes up to your github location
git push
Issue pull request for your work from within github
When notified that your pull request has been processed do the following:
Refresh "master" with lastest changes:
git pull --rebase
Github
fork