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Navigation for Beginners

Kai Malcolm edited this page Jan 28, 2021 · 14 revisions

This wiki shows you how to edit Navigation using a forked copy.

Programs Required

  • Github Desktop
  • Notepad++, Sublime Text, VS Code, or another text editor

Setup

  1. Visit this URL: https://github.com/InfiniteFlightAirportEditing/Navigation and click the "Fork" button.

  1. Click your username. This will create a forked copy of InfiniteFlightAirportEditing/Navigation to your account.

Wait.

  1. Once the repository has been forked to your account. copy the URL boxed to someplace safe, you will need it in the future. Click the Clone or Download and "Open in Desktop"

Give the necessary permissions and it should automatically open the github app.

  1. Clone the repository in to suitable directory of your choice.

  1. Wait! This will take a while depending on your internet connection.

  1. Go to the folder where the forked copy was cloned.

  1. Edit the files as per the data you'd like to edit.

Repository Setup

Before beginning to edit ILS approaches, clone the airports and navigation folder anywhere on your computer. In the airports folder, select the development branch in order to have the latest version of all airports. GitHub Desktop

Editing ILSes

Before opening anything, make sure to click sync in the GitHub desktop app to avoid interfering with others. Also, to make sure your fork is up-to-date, click on Current Branch > Choose a Branch to Merge > upstream/master > Merge > Push Origin.

From there, follow this tutorial.

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