Working on an ARC branch

Challenge

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• No direct access rights to the main branch (which can be handled via the DataHUB) or
• Many people working on the same repository, making direct pushing to main branch chaotic.

Solution

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Work on a second branch and contribute to the main branch using merge/pull requests

Workflow

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1. Use arc get to get the main branch of the repository.
2. Work on the ARC.
3. Use arc sync -b SecondBranchName.

Tip

This will create a commit with your newest changes and push the commit to a new branch with the given name. When you finished editing your ARC, you can merge your progress into the main branch.

Git status

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You can check which branch you are currently working on and the status of this branch by using

git status

Tip

This will print to the console, if you are behind, up to date, or ahead of the main branch.