+ [2016-10-17T23:44:29Z] matkatmusic 506 people, and everyone is silent :-/
+ [2016-10-17T23:46:38Z] allejo downloading the zip file won't give you a copy of the git history
+ [2016-10-17T23:47:36Z] allejo what you would have to do is clone the repo into a separate location on your machine and then copy your changes into that cloned version. from your cloned version, you'll be able to create and commit and/or branch and push it back to github
+ [2016-10-17T23:48:23Z] allejo also, this isn't an official support channel so all of us are just hanging around willing to help if we can. we don't always have IRC open :)
+ [2016-10-17T23:50:22Z] allejo https://guides.github.com/

message no. 153603

Posted by matkatmusic in #github at 2016-10-17T23:40:48Z

well, how about copying the branch from my modified version into the master branch i just checked out from the online repo
+ [2016-10-18T00:14:49Z] matkatmusic i've cloned the repo via XCode's "Check Out"
+ [2016-10-18T00:15:18Z] ryoshu I just noted https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios
+ [2016-10-18T00:15:27Z] ryoshu working on NetBSD port now
+ [2016-10-18T00:20:38Z] matkatmusic So, i need to manually copy over my source files into this cloned version?