GitHub-workflow-for-new-post.md

GitHub workflow for a new post

The following image illustrates the workflow for using Git and GitHub to create a new post for the Community blog. The steps shown in red are a one-time action and are covered in Setup GitHub for local workflow. The numbered steps (in black) are described in the table below.

Steps	Description of steps	Git command / GitHub actions
0	Checkout the main branch	git checkout main
1	Sync the main branch	git pull upstream main git push origin main
2	Create a new working branch	git checkout -b new-post-name
3	Create new content	Use VS Code to create new blog post
4-5	Commit changes to local repo	git add -A git commit -m 'commit message'
6	Push working branch to fork	git push origin new-post-name
7	Submit pull request	Go to https://github.com/<your_github_username>/Community-Blog/pulls and click the New pull request button. Base repository: PowerShell/Community-Blog base: main <-- head repository: <your_github_username>/Community-Blog compare: new-post-name Fill out the pull request description and click Submit.
8	PR is reviewed	Make the necessary changes based on the review feedback.
9	PR is merged	Go to step 10
10	Cleanup unneeded branch info	git checkout main git push origin --delete new-post-name git branch -D new-post-name The git push command deletes the branch in your fork and deletes the tracking branch from your local repo. The git branch command delete the branch from your local repo.
11	Start new post	Go to step 0	.