Biswajit Banerjee

PhD Mechanical Engineering

Downloading ParSim

User version

  • Create a clone of the ParSim repository
   git clone https://github.com/bbanerjee/ParSim
  • Check status
  git status
  git diff origin/master
  • Just in case the master has changed, update your copy
  git pull

Developer version (for Ubuntu)

If you are a developer, we will suggest the following longer version.

  • Create a GitHub account
   https://github.com/signup/free
  • Install git on your machine
   sudo apt-get install git-core
  • Setup git configuration
   git config --global user.email "your_email@your_address.com"
   git config --global user.name "your_github_username"
  • Email your github username to Biswajit @ gmail.com
   b.banerjee.nz
  • Create a clone of the ParSim repository
   git clone https://github.com/bbanerjee/ParSim
  • Check branches/master
  git branch -a
  • Configure ssh for secure access (if needed)
  cd ~/.ssh
  mkdir backup
  cp * backup/
  rm id_rsa*
  ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@your_address.com"
  sudo apt-get install xclip
  cd ~/ParSim/
  xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  ssh -T git@github.com
  ssh-add
  ssh -T git@github.com
  • For password-less access with ssh, use
  git remote set-url origin git@github.com:bbanerjee/ParSim.git
  • To change the default message editor, do
  git config --global core.editor "vim"

Getting the latest version, adding files etc.

  • Check status
  git status
  git diff origin/master
  • Update local repository
  git pull
  • Add file to your local repository
  git add README
  git commit -m 'Added README file for git'
  • Update main repository with your changes
  git push origin master