[okfn-help] [OKFN-LOCAL-coord] How to host public OKFN documents and templates?

Tim McNamara paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz
Thu Mar 15 08:12:58 UTC 2012


One thing that may help is that it is possible to edit documents
inside the GitHub website. Users open up a file, then click the "Edit"
button on the top right. An editor opens up there in the browser.


On 10 March 2012 04:11, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org> wrote:
> I can't download that version of the Git GUI (have an older version of the
> Mac OSX than the supported one) so it's still trouble for me to push things
> via Git - but if everyone else wants to use it, we can go that way. I still
> think it may involve a bit of a barrier to entry for non-techy folk to
> understand tho...
>
> :) Kat
>
> | Kat Braybrooke | Community Coordinator
> | Global Chapters and OKFestival
> | Open Knowledge Foundation | London
> | OKFN.org | Twitter @kat_braybrooke
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga
> <everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>> 2012/3/7 Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>:
>>
>> >> On windows I use TortoiseGit: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/
>> >>
>> >> btw isn't it all about the love ;-) let us just all love the things we
>> >> use
>> >> ourselves but not hate the things that are used by others. Makes life a
>> >> lot
>> >> easier!
>>
>> For Linux, this stackeroverflow thread has some tips
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1516720/git-gui-client-for-linux
>>
>> I don't have time to test now and I think I won't leave my fancy
>> terminal screen, but if everybody is happy with these graphical user
>> interfaces, so git is nice.
>>
>> I think if some non-techy person prefer commons.wikimedia.org than a
>> GUI for git, should speak up now.
>>
>> In the future we could try some integration between a git repository
>> and Wikimedia Commons.
>>
>> And nice, from a possible flame war, we finished talking about love -
>> oh, Shakeaspeare land. :)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> --
>> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>> Open Knowledge Foundation Brasil
>>
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