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Guide for creating a repository and inviting group members

This guide is designed to show you how to create a repository and add group members.

  1. After logging in to GitHub click the plus icon and choose New repository:

  1. Input your group name:

  1. Click Create Repository:

Adding your partners as collaborators

  1. Go to settings:

  1. Click manage access:

  1. Click invite a collaborator:

  1. Search for your teammate’s email or username:

  1. Click:

  1. And add:

  1. Remember to clone the repository locally and start collaborating!

Warnings about “Merge Conflicts”

  1. If you do not use git pull to update periodically update repository and/or push your changes, you may run into merge conflicts when two files are being edited at the same time.

  2. If you do run into a merge conflict, someone should merge the conflicting files. Please or check out this article on merge conflicts:

https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/addressing-merge-conflicts

  1. We will be covering merge conflicts in detail a little later.