Using Github
Contents
Learning Git
http://scottr.org/presentations/git-in-5-minutes/
Going to Github Website
Make SSH Key
ssh-keygen
Go to github account settings.
Go to SSH Keys
Copy and Paste the SSH Key starting with ssh-rsa or similar.
When prompted, enter your github password.
Cloning a Repository to a Folder in Your Computer; Pushing your Files to the Repository on Github
Remember to always navigate to your computer's directory that contains the git files.
When prompted in the instructional in the below link, enter your SSH Password
When pushing, make sure your local files are fast-forwarded to the latest repository files. You can do this by pulling the repository:
git pull
Checking your Website
Type in your web browser the path to your website files on your computer. Example:
file:///home/user/teambootstrap/teambootstrap/index.html
Using github as a file archive without a local clone repository
Sometimes you want to get to one or two OSE project files that are stored on github, but you don't need a complete local copy of the repository.
- Usually you can navigate to the file, open it, and click on the "raw" button at upper right of the viewing pane. (Don't try right-clicking and "save link as" back in the project directory tree; you'll get a fistfull of html.)
- For text files, the "raw" button is likely to display the unformatted text on screen rather than automatically starting a download. However, you can use your browser's "save page as" function from here.
- Alternatively, use the "download zip" button on the main project page. This will download a zip archive of all the current files. Use an archive manager to extract the specific files you want.
Note that text-file line endings are operating-system dependent (different variants for linux, Mac, and Windows). Different download methods may use different line-ending conventions.
Comparing Github and launchpad
An interesting opinion here: that Github is designed around the priorities of "coders" (the people doing the work), while Launchpad is designed around the priorities of sysadmins who need to present reliable packages to end users.
