GitHub will go down in flames, don't use it!
Programming > Git >
GitHub is/was a website for hosting Git repositories.
I host a number of projects on GitHub, including:
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Prout -- Tells you when your pull-requests are live. Tells you when they're not, and should be.
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Random usage notes ∞
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https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests [ 1 ] was https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests [ 2 ] was https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/about-pull-requests
Collapsible contents (code block) in comments / spoiler ∞
Collapsible contents (code block) in comments / spoiler tag #166
Do note the blank space between the summary tag and the backticks.
Fixes ∞
change from ssh to https ∞
Smart HTTP Support will fix any ancient repositories which haven't been used in a while.
\git remote set-url origin https://github.com/YOURNAME/REPOSITORY.git
You may need to edit .git/config
to change this section to be:
[branch "master"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/master
Finding an email address ∞
You can look into the repository's log git log
and might find an email in there.
Otherwise:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12686545/how-to-leave-a-message-for-a-github-com-user
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https://www.sourcecon.com/how-to-find-almost-any-github-users-email-address/
- Find the GitHub username for which you want the email.
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Visit https://api.github.com/users/xxxxxxx/events/public
- Change xxxxxxx to the person's GitHub username.
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Press
control f
and search for "email".
or:
Added the collapsable code block workaround.
Added a note on finding an author's email address.