+ [2020-06-25T18:40:21Z] ncuxo nope I've read the rtfm and found some errors and wanted to correct them
+ [2020-06-25T18:40:28Z] ncuxo I have nothing to do with the project
+ [2020-06-25T18:41:08Z] Soliton then there is no way around a fork.
+ [2020-06-25T18:46:00Z] ncuxo so I have to always fork then edit the file not on my fork but the repo I want to edit ... now I get it
+ [2020-06-25T18:47:34Z] Soliton no, you edit on your fork. github will manage that for you if you try to edit a file on a repo you have no commit access to.

message no. 182786

Posted by Henry151 in #github at 2020-06-25T13:16:17Z

if someone can help me out with a specific circumstance, i'm sure there's an easy enough way to do what i am trying to do. Circumstance: I clone a repository, make several commits, but when i go to push them i realize i don't have write access to the repository (from bitbucket not github technically but y'all should know what to do here). So then my boss makes me a branch and gives me write access to
+ [2020-06-26T09:55:40Z] faceface I'm so used to rebasing, that I suddenly don't know how to merge...
+ [2020-06-26T09:55:53Z] faceface I have a feature branch... How do I make it up to date with a development branch?
+ [2020-06-26T09:56:04Z] faceface prior to creating a merge request?
+ [2020-06-26T09:57:50Z] faceface git checkout feature1 / git merge dev