Can someone make a video in which you create a map in github?
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@Frostion Oh, that looks great.
I will do it that way then (but tx to @redrum too), so I will test your guide, as well, from the perspective of someone that doesn't know what to do.
But, out of curiosity, since it seems there are different things to do the GitHub stuff, why not a suggested one of them all?
For example, you use Git GUI instead of GitHub Desktop because you think it is better? -
@Cernel I used it as it was the tool I knew. But I'm no experienced user.
Maybe a guide here on the forum should have several tools included, or just the one that is easiest to use. -
For example, you use Git GUI instead of GitHub Desktop because you think it is better?
This totally depends on you.
Some people like git as a command-line-tool others (like me) like advanced GUI-tools like git kraken, which makes it really easy to achieve what you want if you know what to do without having to know all the commands.
I used GitHub Desktop for quite a while because it's easy to start with but some time later I realized the limited functionality so I switched. -
@Frostion
Ok. I was able to do the stuff (I've still to ask to be added up) following your guide; so, congrats, this proves that your guide works fine with no need of knowing / remembering anything.
I'm thinking to eventually update the Wiki as per your guide. A mapmaker should be able to do all reading only that, with no need of knowing anything else.
But, beside the Wiki in Projects, what did you read to learn what to do? Did you just figure it all out by yourself? Mostly curious.EDIT: I think the only step missing is explaining where are you going to actually see the request to join (I still don't know if I have to look in my mail?). I guess it is already explained in the Wiki and I'm not seeing it right now.
EDIT: Only one thing. Looks like blindly following your steps I deleted the README from my repository? Is that intended or I did something wrong? Also, I seem to understand that now they don't want anymore the transfer ownership but a request to the admins to fork (which I'm not sure what it means, I'm guessing it's like copy-paste of the repository).
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@Cernel
README file: As far as I remember this file is made when you create a repository at your own space at Github. A box must be checked before pressing a button. I donât think the file is used for anything, but it spells out the name of your map in big text, so I kind of like it. I donât know how to make a new file if you did not make it when creating the repository.I can see that you have talked with DanVanAtta about how to do a first time upload. In regards to the map preview picture, I think I will move the one I have in Iron War in an âExtraâ folder to a âdescriptionâ folder beside âmapâ like in all my other maps. It is strange that there is not a standardized place to upload a preview picture, but to me it makes sense to have it near or in the map files.
âthey don't want anymore the transfer ownership but a request to the admins to forkâ ⌠I also donât know what this means. My knowledge of GitHub corresponds to what is described in the guide. It would be great if we could get this in âsimple and stupidâ language so that the guide could be updated. I think it would be great if you can post the guide in the wiki. Optionally you could also add a description of how to use other tools â if you did not use Git GUI.
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@Cernel map update last night worked and your maps of 270 etc in bots nice stuff. Glad they finally there.
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@prastle Thanks. I'd love to see other people hosting it. Spotted a couple. Feel free to host it yourself too, if you like, of course.
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@Frostion Why do you say to select "Force overwrite existing branch (may discard changes)"? Would you do that also for updating or only for the first push? What do the developers think / suggest?
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@Cernel
I must say that I dont know 100% what this feature is and what it is for, but if I don't use that overwrite thing, then the files do not seem to upload and replace the old uploaded stuff. Instead an error just occurs and no upload happens.When I have to update an entire map with like hundreds of new versions of tiles or many new unit pictures, I go to the local repository directory on my PC, then delete all the content but not the main dir itself, then I copy over ALL the files of my working map directory. (I usually also do a Windows "clean up" of system files and miniature windows dir-icons, but I don't know if this is actually needed to not upload windows junk files like that to GitHub). I finally go and open GitGUI, chose option to open a previous worked on local repository and when the program is all started up, then I do the push process. Then I see that GitGUI recognizes what files have actually been changed since last and it uploads these files.
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@Frostion said in Can someone make a video in which you create a map in github?:
@Cernel
I must say that I dont know 100% what this feature is and what it is for, but if I don't use that overwrite thing, then the files do not seem to upload and replace the old uploaded stuff. Instead an error just occurs and no upload happens.I didn't use that setting for the latest world_at_war update and all seemed to work fine. Anyone knows better?
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