Submodules allow you to keep a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository. This lets you clone another repository into your project and keep your commits separate.
To define the submodules for the various GT Theme components, add the following sections to the .gitmodules file for each repository:
Forking creates a copy of a repository which you can work on. You can then submit a pull request to have your changes reviewed and integrated with the master repo. This is the order of operations:
FORK > SYNC > BRANCH > COMMIT > PUSH > PULL REQUEST
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Georgia Tech staff, students, and faculty can now use a Georgia Tech instance of GitHub, a version/revision control system. This service is available thanks to the College of Engineering's brilliant proof of concept with GitHub Enterprise, and the ensuing excited buy-in from the Office of Information Technology.
