From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Re: GitHub Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 11:45:27 +0100 Message-ID: <4BF7B5C7.9040801@manor-farm.org> References: Reply-To: lists@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57768 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OFmCz-0000I1-Sv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 06:45:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFmCy-0003Lf-2C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 06:45:33 -0400 Received: from mail.ian-barton.com ([109.74.196.44]:59427 helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OFmCx-0003L6-Tw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 22 May 2010 06:45:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-org-mode-help gnu , Carsten Dominik On 22/05/10 08:34, Carsten Dominik wrote: > Arrgh, typo, I *am* considering! :-) > On May 22, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> since a number of you have voiced a strong preference for Org-mode to >> be hosted on GitHub, I am not considering such a step. >> >> Could someone spell out for me what steps I would have to take to do >> this? >> In particular: >> >> - How do I get the entire current repo onto GitHub? >> - Can I set up repo.or.cz in a way that it will become an >> automatic mirror, so that old clones will continue to be updated when >> pulling? >> - Bastien - I guess on the web server, we would simply make a >> new clone from the new location, right? >> >> Anything else I need to consider? >> You just need to create an account on github and follow their instructions on how create a new repo. When you create your account github gives some easy to follow steps to get you up and running. For creating a mirror you basically need to create another remote branch, or use an existing one, then push to it. The following url gives some examples on how to create a mirror repo on github, but should work if you want to use repo.or.cz as the mirror: https://wincent.com/wiki/Setting_up_backup_(mirror)_repositories_on_GitHub Ian.