Hi! Hey! Hello!
So here's how I commited to my repository through the command line: First, I installed Ruby using
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev rubygems python-dev python-pip
Then, I installed Jekyll and GitHub Pages with
sudo gem install github-pages
That didn't work, and it turned out I had an older version of Ruby. I tried Elliot's method of installing the new Ruby in class, but that didn't work either. So I just installed
sudo gem install jekyll
instead, and somehow that seemed to work.
Then, I opened a new terminal and entered
git clone http://github.com/{your-user-name}/fall2013.git
I then changed directories using 'cd fall2013.'
I did
git remote add upstream http://github.com/silshack/fall2013.git
to add the original repository, and then typed git remote -v to make sure that both remotes were there.
I then made my first post by typing nano _posts/FILENAME.md and typed control o to save and control x to exit.
I typed 'git status' to see my new, untracked file, added it using git add _posts/FILENAME.md, and then committed it using git commit -m
To preview my new post, I closed out an opened a new terminal, typed 'cd fall 2013,' and then typed 'jekyll serve --watch.' I went to http://localhost:4000/fall2013, but the post wasn't there. Fortunately, when Elliot corrected the url by putting a backslash on the end in class on Wednesday, it worked!
To push my new post to my repository, I opened up a new browser and typed in git push origin gh-pages, but I had just updated my repository, so git got really mad at me and told me to do that first. So I had to type git pull origin gh-pages, add and commit again, and then push to origin again. But trouble struck yet again! Somehow, the _site folder had gotten copied to my repository on Ubuntu, and when I committed I was too lazy to type the file name and just did git add -A and git commit -a because I figured that the changes were there for a reason, right? WRONG! This became clear to me when I had to open a pull request for silshack. So I had to delete the files and re-commit them to my repository, and then it was fixed! Gods be praised!