Developer_Notes_and_Practices.nfo

# Developer Notes ##
To All Contributors,
Below is some quick notes on using git with the AIDE project.

### Common Git Commands #################################################################

-- Git Clone a new copy of the master repository (From a folder not containing an "AIDE" folder) --
`git clone git@github.com:Tpimp/AIDE.git`

-- Git Update/Sync with master --
`git pull git@github.com:Tpimp/AIDE.git`

-- Git Add Changes (All) --
`git add -A`

-- Git commit all w/ a message --
`git commit -am "Message Describing the Changes Made in this Commit"`

-- Git Push committed changes to master --
`git push git@github.com:Tpimp/AIDE.git`

-- Create new branch --
`git branch "new_branch_name"`

-- Switch To/Checkout Branch --
`git checkout "new_branch_name"`

-- merge Branch (current branch = source, referenced branch = destination) --
`git merge "master"`

#### Common Git practices #################################################################

-- Create a New Directory --
   * navigate to the desired parent directory
   * run clone command (See Git Common Commands)

-- Create a new feature (and branch technique. Do this for all newly created features!) --
  * Run Sync command to update/sync your master branch
  * create a new branch for the feature
  * switch to the newly created branch
  * Do <b><i>all preliminary building and work on new feature</i> (only work on new feature code here)<b>
  * After testing the reliability of New Feature X, run merge command from new_feature branch on "master"
  * switch to "master" branch
  * run add all command
  * run commit command and add a <b>
  * run the push command

-More Developer Notes to come........