How to import from and export changes to an existing github repository?

In this post, I will explain how to import sources from an existing github repository to a local directory, make changes locally as necessary and then export the changes back to the github repository.

• Import from your github repository to local directory:

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~$ git clone https://github.com/babuneelam/EKiD.git
Cloning into 'EKiD'...
remote: Counting objects: 54, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (48/48), done.
remote: Total 54 (delta 6), reused 46 (delta 4), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (54/54), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
babu@babu-VirtualBox:~$ cd EKiD/
babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ ls
ConfigControls  LICENSE  README  SampleOutputs  Sources
babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ 

• Make change as necessary

• See the diff

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git diff
diff --git a/ConfigControls/EnvCfg b/ConfigControls/EnvCfg
index 485a346..63a1976 100644
--- a/ConfigControls/EnvCfg
+++ b/ConfigControls/EnvCfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-GECKO_DRV_PATH=/Users/babuneelam/Downloads/geckodriver
-FONTS_FOLDER=/Library/Fonts
+GECKO_DRV_PATH=/home/babu/bin/geckodriver
+FONTS_FOLDER=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/
 #GECKO_DRV_LOG_FILE=RunTimeInfo/geckodriver.log
 #OUTPUT_DIR=RunTimeInfo/output
 #IMAGE_STORE_PATH=RunTimeInfo/google_images
babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ 

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git diff --name-only
ConfigControls/EnvCfg
babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ 

• Tell git who you are:

      git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

      git config --global user.name "Your Name"

• TBD: Add/Remove existing files from git repository
• Export ALL the local changes to the github repository:

      babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git commit -a
        [master 32a66e9] A few fixes
         2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
      babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$

        babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git pull origin master
        From https://github.com/babuneelam/EKiD
        * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
        Already up-to-date.
      babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ 

      babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git push -u origin master
        Username for 'https://github.com': babuneelam
        Password for 'https://babuneelam@github.com':
        Counting objects: 6, done.
        Compressing objects: 100% (6/6), done.
        Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 604 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
        Total 6 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0)
        remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (4/4), completed with 4 local objects.
        To https://github.com/babuneelam/EKiD.git
           46764be..32a66e9  master -> master
        Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.
      babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ 

• Export only a few files of the local changes to the github repository:

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git commit ConfigControls/AlgoCfg -m 'Documentation fixes'

[master 4668ebb] Documentation fixes

1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git commit ConfigControls/FontCfg -m 'Documentation fixes'

[master a3437e1] Documentation fixes

1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git pull origin master

From https://github.com/babuneelam/EKiD

* branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD

Already up-to-date.

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$ git push -u origin master

Username for 'https://github.com': babuneelam

Password for 'https://babuneelam@github.com':

Counting objects: 8, done.

Compressing objects: 100% (8/8), done.

Writing objects: 100% (8/8), 1.02 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.

Total 8 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0)

remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (3/3), completed with 1 local object.

To https://github.com/babuneelam/EKiD.git

  b61c9a5..a3437e1  master -> master

Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin.

babu@babu-VirtualBox:~/EKiD$

Hope this helps.