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page_title: Configure Git for contributing
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page_description: Describes how to set up your local machine and repository
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page_keywords: GitHub account, repository, clone, fork, branch, upstream, Git, Go, make,
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# Configure Git for contributing
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Work through this page to configure Git and a repository you'll use throughout
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the Contributor Guide. The work you do further in the guide, depends on the work
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you do here.
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## Fork and clone the Docker code
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Before contributing, you first fork the Docker code repository. A fork copies
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a repository at a particular point in time. GitHub tracks for you where a fork
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originates.
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As you make contributions, you change your fork's code. When you are ready,
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you make a pull request back to the original Docker repository. If you aren't
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familiar with this workflow, don't worry, this guide walks you through all the
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steps.
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To fork and clone Docker:
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1. Open a browser and log into GitHub with your account.
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2. Go to the <a href="https://github.com/docker/docker"
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target="_blank">docker/docker repository</a>.
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3. Click the "Fork" button in the upper right corner of the GitHub interface.
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![Branch Signature](/project/images/fork_docker.png)
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GitHub forks the repository to your GitHub account. The original
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`docker/docker` repository becomes a new fork `YOUR_ACCOUNT/docker` under
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your account.
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4. Copy your fork's clone URL from GitHub.
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GitHub allows you to use HTTPS or SSH protocols for clones. You can use the
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`git` command line or clients like Subversion to clone a repository.
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![Copy clone URL](/project/images/copy_url.png)
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This guide assume you are using the HTTPS protocol and the `git` command
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line. If you are comfortable with SSH and some other tool, feel free to use
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that instead. You'll need to convert what you see in the guide to what is
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appropriate to your tool.
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5. Open a terminal window on your local host and change to your home directory.
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$ cd ~
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6. Create a `repos` directory.
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$ mkdir repos
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7. Change into your `repos` directory.
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$ cd repos
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5. Clone the fork to your local host into a repository called `docker-fork`.
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$ git clone https://github.com/moxiegirl/docker.git docker-fork
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Naming your local repo `docker-fork` should help make these instructions
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easier to follow; experienced coders don't typically change the name.
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6. Change directory into your new `docker-fork` directory.
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$ cd docker-fork
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Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the repository's contents. List
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the contents.
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## Set your signature and an upstream remote
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When you contribute to Docker, you must certify you agree with the
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<a href="http://developercertificate.org/" target="_blank">Developer Certificate of Origin</a>.
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You indicate your agreement by signing your `git` commits like this:
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Signed-off-by: Pat Smith <pat.smith@email.com>
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To create a signature, you configure your username and email address in Git.
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You can set these globally or locally on just your `docker-fork` repository.
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You must sign with your real name. We don't accept anonymous contributions or
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contributions through pseudonyms.
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As you change code in your fork, you'll want to keep it in sync with the changes
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others make in the `docker/docker` repository. To make syncing easier, you'll
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also add a _remote_ called `upstream` that points to `docker/docker`. A remote
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is just another a project version hosted on the internet or network.
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To configure your username, email, and add a remote:
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1. Change to the root of your `docker-fork` repository.
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$ cd docker-fork
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2. Set your `user.name` for the repository.
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$ git config --local user.name "FirstName LastName"
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3. Set your `user.email` for the repository.
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$ git config --local user.email "emailname@mycompany.com"
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4. Set your local repo to track changes upstream, on the `docker` repository.
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$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/docker/docker.git
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7. Check the result in your `git` configuration.
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$ git config --local -l
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core.repositoryformatversion=0
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core.filemode=true
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core.bare=false
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core.logallrefupdates=true
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remote.origin.url=https://github.com/moxiegirl/docker.git
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remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
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branch.master.remote=origin
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branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
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user.name=Mary Anthony
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user.email=mary@docker.com
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remote.upstream.url=https://github.com/docker/docker.git
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remote.upstream.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/*
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To list just the remotes use:
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$ git remote -v
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origin https://github.com/moxiegirl/docker.git (fetch)
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origin https://github.com/moxiegirl/docker.git (push)
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upstream https://github.com/docker/docker.git (fetch)
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upstream https://github.com/docker/docker.git (push)
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## Create and push a branch
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As you change code in your fork, you make your changes on a repository branch.
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The branch name should reflect what you are working on. In this section, you
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create a branch, make a change, and push it up to your fork.
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This branch is just for testing your config for this guide. The changes arepart
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of a dry run so the branch name is going to be dry-run-test. To create an push
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the branch to your fork on GitHub:
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1. Open a terminal and go to the root of your `docker-fork`.
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$ cd docker-fork
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2. Create a `dry-run-test` branch.
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$ git checkout -b dry-run-test
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This command creates the branch and switches the repository to it.
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3. Verify you are in your new branch.
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$ git branch
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* dry-run-test
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master
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The current branch has an * (asterisk) marker. So, these results shows you
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are on the right branch.
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4. Create a `TEST.md` file in the repository's root.
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$ touch TEST.md
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5. Edit the file and add your email and location.
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![Add your information](/project/images/contributor-edit.png)
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You can use any text editor you are comfortable with.
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6. Close and save the file.
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7. Check the status of your branch.
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$ git status
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On branch dry-run-test
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Untracked files:
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(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
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TEST.md
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nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
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You've only changed the one file. It is untracked so far by git.
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8. Add your file.
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$ git add TEST.md
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That is the only _staged_ file. Stage is fancy word for work that Git is
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tracking.
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9. Sign and commit your change.
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$ git -s -m "Making a dry run test."
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[dry-run-test 6e728fb] Making a dry run test
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1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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create mode 100644 TEST.md
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Commit messages should have a short summary sentence of no more than 50
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characters. Optionally, you can also include a more detailed explanation
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after the summary. Separate the summary from any explanation with an empty
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line.
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8. Push your changes to GitHub.
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$ git push --set-upstream origin dry-run-test
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Username for 'https://github.com': moxiegirl
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Password for 'https://moxiegirl@github.com':
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Git prompts you for your GitHub username and password. Then, the command
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returns a result.
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Counting objects: 13, done.
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Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
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Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 320 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
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Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
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To https://github.com/moxiegirl/docker.git
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* [new branch] dry-run-test -> dry-run-test
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Branch dry-run-test set up to track remote branch dry-run-test from origin.
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9. Open your browser to Github.
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10. Navigate to your Docker fork.
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11. Make sure the `dry-run-test` branch exists, that it has your commit, and the
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commit is signed.
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![Branch Signature](/project/images/branch-sig.png)
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## Where to go next
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Congratulations, you have finished configuring both your local host environment
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and Git for contributing. In the next section you'll [learn how to set up and
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work in a Docker development container](/project/set-up-dev-env/).
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