have git instructions make $USER branches authored by Malin Freeborn's avatar Malin Freeborn
......@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ If you have an idea, but you want to show it to someone before committing to it,
Git gives you a lot of toys, but beginners will only need a few:
Make a new branch to play with called 'new'.
Make a new branch to play with, and name it something (in this example, your username).
```bash
git switch -c new
git switch -c $USER
```
You can mess around here, making the changes you want.
......@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ git commit
Push your changes to gitlab, so everyone sees them.
```bash
git push origin new
git push origin $USER
```
Remember you are pushing your own branch, so replace 'new' with whatever name you gave your branch.