Installing and updating Homer3 with Git or GitHub Desktop - BUNPC/Homer3 GitHub Wiki

Managing your Homer3 source installation with Git from the command line

Install Git on your computer. Installation links for all platforms are available here.

Installing Homer3

  1. Open Terminal (MacOS) or Command Prompt (Windows) and navigate to the directory in which you want to install Homer3.

  2. Run git clone https://github.com/BUNPC/Homer3, creating the Homer3 folder in your current directory.

Homer3 can now be run from the newly-created folder!

Updating Homer3

  1. Open Terminal (MacOS) or Command Prompt (Windows) and navigate to Homer3's installation directory.

  2. Run git fetch origin master.

  3. Run git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD. This will erase any changes you have made to Homer3's files so be careful! Files you have added to the application such as user functions will not be affected.

Managing your Homer3 source installation with GitHub Desktop

Install GitHub Desktop. Installation links for Windows and MacOS are available here.

Installing Homer3

Select Clone Repository. Use the URL tab to clone the repository. Type in the repo url: https://github.com/BUNPC/Homer3 and select a location to download it to.

Clone the repo using the URL tab

Homer3 can now be run from the newly-created folder!

Updating Homer3

Stash or discard all changes you have made to the repository from the Branch menu. WARNING: This will ERASE any files you have added to the application directory such as User Functions and config files, and remove any changes you have made to Homer's files! If you want to update Homer3 without deleting added added files such as User Functions, see above.

Discard all changes from the Branch menu

Use the Repository menu to pull the latest version from GitHub.

Pull the latest version with the Repository menu