readme_git_install.md

GIT INSTALL

Fork the project repository

1. Fork the project into your GitHub user account.

2. Sign in to GitHub.

3. Go to https://github.com/usgs/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.

4. Click the Fork button near the top right of the page.

5. Make sure you Add an SSH Key to GitHub for the computer you're working on into your GitHub account, see below for specifics.

6. Clone from fork (update for your fork). Navigate to the HOME directory that you want to use for projects. Replace [your username] with your GitHub username.

   earthquake-latest-earthquakes```
   ```cd earthquake-latest-earthquakes```
   
   

7. Add upstream remote for primary (use terminal)

   git remote add upstream [email protected]:usgs/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.git
   

   Check your remotes with git remote -v, it should look like this origin [email protected]:[your username]/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.git (fetch) origin [email protected]:[your username]/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.git (push) upstream [email protected]:usgs/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.git (fetch) upstream [email protected]:usgs/earthquake-latest-earthquakes.git (push)

Add an SSH Key to GitHub

1. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 (in terminal)
2. Press Enter to accept the default save location.
3. Enter a passphrase that you will remember.
4. cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Copy the text block that is displayed. This is your SSH key. If you're on Window and can't copy the text from the terminal, go to C:\Users\[your username here]\.ssh and open the id_rsa.pub file with notepad.
5. In GitHub, click Edit Your Profile.
6. Select SSH Keys on the left.
7. Click Add SSH key. Give it a meaningful title.
8. Copy your SSH Key into the Key, and click Add key.