Git is a commonly-used source control management system in modern software engineering.
If you are unfamiliar with Git SCM, you can learn more about the basics here: http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
GitHub has even released a Desktop client! Check it out here: https://desktop.github.com/
CoreOS should include an installation of Git. Feel free to play around and become familiar with Git in this environment.
Forking Workflow
Going forward, we will try to follow a "forking" workflow. For comparisons of this workflow to others, see below:
- https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/
- https://www.atlassian.com/pt/git/workflows
Here's How It Works
Fork Upstream Repository
The premise is that each developer creates a fork of the nds-org (aka "upstream") source repository.
This can be accomplished by navigating to https://github.com/nds-org/nds-labs/tree/v2 and clicking on the "Fork" button at the top-right.
(You did create a GitHub account, didn't you? If not, see *New Developer Workflow.)
Clone from Origin Repository
The developer the can make any create or delete any branches they want on their own personal fork (aka "origin").
To make modifications to the code, the developer clones their origin repository with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/your-git-username/nds-labs.git
Any changes that they wish to contribute back to the upstream can be done in the form of a Pull Request