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GitHub access to repo: only with URL? [closed]
I'm finishing my dissertation and want/need to provide the source code of some analysis scripts I've used. I did all the version control with git. Because I want to publish the results generated with ...
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Can you use GitHub via a web interface? [closed]
Can you use GitHub online without having to use Git or the native client? I'm trying to find the simplest way possible to upload some code without just dumping a tarball on my website.
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Using one repository for the foundation of another
I have an existing website theme that I have built. I've been using github to maintain this theme, let's call it dragon. We are changing the theme entirely but we're using the existing theme as a ...
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What is the netiquette for forking other people's open source projects? [duplicate]
I started to get more and more engaged in open source development and I was wondering if there are any guidelines on how to properly document and maintain a fork?
For example, let's say you fork a ...
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Git submodule vs Git clone
I am working on an opensource project on github.
It has a subdirectory /Vendor in which it has a copy of several external libraries. Original maintainer of the project updated this directory with ...
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code review with git-flow and github
With regular git and github I can do a code review by simply creating a pull request of the feature branch I'm working on to the master branch. How would I do code reviews with git-flow? With workflow ...
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Proper Git setup between designers and developers?
Basically we now have 2 developers for an iOS project, 2 developers for an Android project and 1 designer doing designs for both projects.
Right now, the way we exchange designs and images is through ...
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Practical GIT Workflow samples [closed]
I'me new to DVCS in general and Git specifically. The tutorials and howtos I've found seem to trail off when it gets down to some realistic, if complex, workflows. I need some actual command lines to ...
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Can my GitHub and SourceForge account share the same repository?
I like that SourceForge can also let people browse your code using Git. But, before I even set up the project on SourceForge, I had a GitHub repository for it. Now that I have created my SourceForge ...
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Collaboration using github and testing the code
The procedure in my team is that we all commit our code to the same development branch. We have a test server that runs updated code from this branch so that we can test our code on the servers. This ...
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Conceptual difference between Git and GitHub
The last line of this answer prompted me to ask this question . I know to know at a conceptual level the difference between Git and GitHub .
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Why learn git when there are GUI apps for GitHub?
Given that GitHub provides GUI apps for both Mac and Windows, what are the benefits of learning to use git from the command line?
Currently I'm using their mac app to update my repositories, and so ...
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1answer
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Gerrit code review, or Github's fork and pull model?
I am starting a software project that will be team AND community developed. I was previously sold on gerrit, but now Github's fork and pull request model seem to almost provide more tools, ways to ...
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1answer
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How is the Linux repository administrated?
I am amazed by the Linux project and I would like to learn how they administrate the code, given the huge number of developers. I found the Linux repository on GitHub, but I do not understand how it ...
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2answers
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Github Workflow: Pushing small fix branches to remote, or keep them local?
In Scott Chacon's workflow (explained eg in this SO answer), with essentially two silos (development, and master), if, say I have a small bug to fix (e.g. can be fixed with a few characters) is the ...
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3answers
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Examples of non open source projects on Bitbucket or Github
Need examples to show management that these are used for source control and effectively backup of projects.
They will be concerned about having their source code off-site. If there are good ...
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1answer
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Testing Git competence
I hire a lot of programmers for tiny tasks. I very clearly specify that the tasks can only be completed by making a pull request on GitHub. Unfortunatelly, so many programmers do not know Git and ...
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How does one handle sensitive data when using Github and Heroku?
I am not yet accustomed with the way Git works (And wonder if someone besides Linus is ;)).
If you use Heroku to host you application, you need to have your code checked in a Git repo. If you work on ...
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1answer
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How can I organize personal git repositories?
I'm in the process of setting up a GitHub account with the plan of making a pair of libraries I developed as parts of some recent iOS projects freely available for other iOS devs to use.
I don't ...
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4answers
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Should a github maintainer rewrite author's in pull requests?
I'm not a programmer by profession, but I do some coding and have used github some. I've run across what I find to be a surprising situation. I'm very familiar with git.
There is a project which I ...
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1answer
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Github for Windows search [closed]
Is there any way to search through github projects in Windows? The Windows application does not seem to have the search functionality. What I am interested in is to search through the commits of a ...
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2answers
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How can I get an anonymous user to submit bugs on a private GitHub project?
Our company has a private GitHub repository for the project I'm working on. After a full summer of work, it looks like we'll be launching this week (wheee!). However, I want to include a "submit a ...
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3answers
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Why should I push if I'm working alone in a local repository?
I'm interacting with Git through GitHub for Windows, which is funny since I'll never push my repository to GitHub. I'm working on it alone and it's intended to be used only by me. I noticed that my ...
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1answer
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How to distribute a web app (that's hosted by the customer)
We're developing a web app that visualizes financial data. We have our first customer, but hope to get more. The terms are that
the customers pay a setup fee, to customize the app for their needs
...
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0answers
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git extensions integration into VS and commit problem
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - but I have the following problem. I made a clone of my repository on github on my harddisk. I commit every change to that clone using the "Git Pending Changes" view ...
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Managing multiple people working on a project with GIT
I'm very new to GIT/GitHub (as new as starting yesterday). I would like to know what is the best way to manage multiple people working on the same project with Github. Currently I'm managing one ...
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1answer
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Two git repositories, one project
I am building an app using Code Igniter, it is being based on CI-Bonfire.
I am pulling in the dev branch of CI-Bonfire using git, I want the entire project to be git controlled as well, but I want to ...
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1answer
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Pulling in changes from a forked repo without a request on GitHub?
I'm new to the social coding community and don't know how to proceed properly in this situation:
I've created a GitHub Repository a couple weeks ago. Someone forked the project and has made some ...
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people fork my project but don't fetch from upstream - what can I do?
Several people have forked my github repo but they have not fetched-merged from upstream. So my original repo has evolved significantly since the fork took place, and meanwhile these people are ...
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2answers
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Github Organization Repositories, Issues, Multiple Developers, and Forking - Best Workflow Practices
A weird title, yes, but I've got a bit of ground to cover I think.
We have an organization account on github with private repositories. We want to use github's native issues/pull-requests features ...
