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1. Sign up for a free account on Bitbucket. Use an "edu" address if you have one to get more "build minutes" with Bitbucket pipelines. 
2. Set up ssh for git to avoid having to enter your password every time you interact with Bitbucket using git. See: Set up SSH for Git.
3. Using your Bitbucket account, fork the team repository: https://bitbucket.org/lorainelab/integrated-genome-browser
4. Configure your fork to link to team project management software JIRA. 
   1. Log into Bitbucket 
   2. Go to your fork home page
   3. Select "Settings > Links > Add new link"
      1. Choose Link type "Jira"
      2. Enter Link url https://jira.transvar.org/
      3. Enter Link key IGBF
   4. Check that the links work - select "Commits"
   5. Look for commit messages containing the Link key "IGBF"
   6. Note that all link keys now link out to JIRA

Install Git

1. Windows users: Git for Windows

Clone your fork and add the team repository as "upstream"

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git push origin IGBF-1234

Squash commits

If you have made multiple commits for a single Jira ticket it is usually best to squash the commits into a single commit before creating a pull request. See the Git cheat sheet for more information.

Make a pull request - PR

To request that your edits be incorporated into the team repository, you need to make a pull request (PR). 

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