From 910b37e35682bd7c9a94eb2c8ae27504db2caf4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:19:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [1.7.x] Fixed #22818 -- Clarified you need to cd into the Django clone. Thanks Josh Parris. Backport of bcc3d2b978 from master --- .../internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt index 65613efcdb..9d48835cf1 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/working-with-git.txt @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ forked Django's repository, create a local copy of your fork:: git clone git@github.com:github_nick/django.git This will create a new directory "django", containing a clone of your GitHub -repository. +repository. The rest of the git commands on this page need to be run within the +cloned directory so switch to it now:: + + cd django Your GitHub repository will be called "origin" in Git.