Troubles with SourceTree and new versions Solution

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I am a complete newbie to this stuff and struggled for several days trying to set up the SourceTree/GitHub/Unreal connectivity. The more I studied the more I realized that I was lost and not getting it right. I made several false tries and some didn’t want to move so many files.
Finally I went to YouTube and searched for Unreal/GitHub tutorials and found one that worked. Basically in the new Unreal engine there is a source link at the top that you can click on to activate a GitHub repository from the game itself. Once you have that repository you can connect to SourceTree and it will track changes.

I’m not dumb but I struggled for over four days with this issue so I thought others might be struggling as well. Hope this helps! I love this course and am having lots of fun and lots of challenges.

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Here is the link to the video I watchedConnecting to Unreal Engine

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#3

I watched this video too, it helped me to link a project to github. If you follow along will it cause problems in the course if you use Github Desktop instead of SourceTree?

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Thank you so much for providing that link! It really helps a lot!

I really think Ben/Sam ought to update the video to use Github desktop instead of SourceTree. When Ben first designed the course I’m sure SourceTree was a LOT easier to use and setup (in fact it was, as evidenced by Ben in that video), but now I think I like Lenny’s system a lot better. It’s more direct, allows for everything to be backed up, and overall just seems like a better system.

I’m going to be using Github Desktop over SourceTree for the rest of the course. If I encounter problems I will let everyone know, but the only problems I think that could happen are that my repo is going to be much larger, so if anything does happen and I have to pull a previous commit, it might take a bit longer.

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