GitHub workflow

Quickfire Do's and Don't's

If you're familiar with git and GitHub, here's the short version of what you need to know. Once you fork and clone the jPOS code:

Don't develop on the master branch. Always create a development branch specific to the issue you're working on. Name it by issue # and description. For example, if you're working on Issue #359, an aspect naming fix, your development branch should be called 359-aspect-names. If you decide to work on another issue mid-stream, create a new branch for that issue--don't work on both in one branch.
Do not merge the upstream master with your development branch; rebase your branch on top of the upstream master.
A single development branch should represent changes related to a single issue. If you decide to work on another issue, create another branch.

Fork on GitHub (click Fork button)
Clone to computer ($ git clone git@github.com:~you~/jPOS.git)
Don't forget to cd into your repo: ($ cd jPOS/)
Set up remote upstream ($ git remote add upstream git://github.com/jpos/jPOS.git)
Create a branch for new issue ($ git checkout -b 100-new-feature, if you don't have a bug report no worries just skip the number)
Develop on issue branch. [Time passes, the main jPOS repository accumulates new commits]
Commit changes to issue branch. ($ git add . ; git commit -m 'commit message')
Fetch upstream ($ git fetch upstream)
Update local master ($ git checkout master; git pull upstream master)
Repeat steps 5-8 till dev is complete
Rebase issue branch ($ git checkout 100-new-feature; git rebase master)
Push branch to GitHub ($ git push origin 100-new-feature)
Issue pull request (Click Pull Request button)