From aa507558aaefaf8d274da4ac5988e5658426b2ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Chang Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:48:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update Readme for Cloning w/ a Forked Repo previously only had details on cloning this exact repo --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 08955fa..5418558 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/hack4impact-uiuc/backend-exercise.git $ cd backend-exercise ``` +If you have *Forked* this repository, then hit the green "Clone or Download" dropdown instead and copy paste your link after: +``` +$ git clone [LINK HERE] +$ cd backend-exercise +``` + Then, setup your virtual environment and install the python dependencies required to run this app. We use pipenv, which automatically sets everything up, given a Pipfile and Pipfile.lock. Pipfile uses virtualenv, which is a virtual Python environment isolated from other Python projects, incapable of interfering with or being affected by other Python programs on the same machine. You are thus capable of running different versions of the same package or even different python versions. ```