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===What is the difference between a branch and a repository?=== | ===What is the difference between a branch and a repository?=== | ||
When you make a clone of a project on | When you make a clone of a project on github, it creates a "repository". You can see the list of repositories associated with a project by clicking on the Repository Tab. Branches are clones within a repository (created with git branch and accessed through git checkout). Git merge commands refer to branches, not repositories, so in order to merge a repository back into mainline, you need to pull (fetch followed by merge) it as if it were a patch. | ||
git merge [your repository name] # This won't work | git merge [your repository name] # This won't work | ||