Changes between Version 62 and Version 63 of DeveloperGuidelines/Git

Timestamp:

12/06/12 09:49:03 (12 years ago)

Author:

Pat Tressel

Comment:

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DeveloperGuidelines/Git

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 If you've not used !GitHub before:
 1. Sign-up for an account on [https://github.com GitHub]
-1. Set up git on you your computer by following [[http://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect|these instructions]].
+1. Set up git on you your computer by following [[http://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect|these instructions]].[[BR]]
+   Note: In order to contribute code back to the Eden project, you need to "push" your changes to !GitHub, and !GitHub
+   requires you to authenticate for that. The instructions describe authenticating using a password. If you don't want
+   to do do that, you can use SSH keys instead, but the [[https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys|SSH setup]] is longer,
+   and they do not provide instructions for Windows. 
 1. There is [[https://help.github.com/|on-line help at GitHub]]
-
-Note: (So that you can contribute code back to the project) You need to be able to authenticate to GitHub in order to "push" your changes to your GitHub repo. GitHub has a "new" authentication method using "credentials"
-If you prefer to use SSH keys (which do not require entering a password).  (select Bootcamp -> Set Up Git and then scroll down to Set Up SSH Keys)
 
 Then get your own copy of the Eden repository (repo) on both !GitHub and your local machine: