How to use GitHub Desktop

[zaalsabb]

Hi everyone!

I recommend that you download GitHub desktop so that you can store the most up-to-date copy of the lectures and tasks on your computer. Here's how to use it:

1. Download the GitHub desktop for your system here, and then choose to install it:
   https://desktop.github.com/

2. Once you finish installing, go to File -> Clone Repository
   

3. Choose the URL option, then enter the course's url (https://github.com/chulminy/CIVE497-CIVE700), and where you would like to install it on your system, and then click clone.
   

4. Once it is finished cloning, the repository is now stored on your computer. You can use the fetch origin feature to get the most up-to-date version that may include new tasks or lectures.
    
    
   Be careful not to overwrite your own solution files when you do the tasks, so you may want to store your task folders in a different location!
    
    
   

[chulminy]

Great information!