[Potlatch-dev] Git starter?

[Andy Allan]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>  So I'd like to get back into some potlatch development.

Awesome.

> Shortly
> before moving house I tried to follow the Git instructions, but
> something went wrong. Can someone give me a quick list of steps?

I've just reviewed the getting started documentation that I originally wrote:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Potlatch_2/Developer_Documentation/git

It still seems pretty good. If there's any gotchas let me know.

> I
> gather I need to set up an account on git hub, fork someone's code
> base (whose?), check out using git, make changes, commit using
> git...then how do I publish the changes somewhere useful?

The github.com account is optional. When it comes to publishing your
changes then yes, you do need to put them somewhere public, whether
that be on github[1], another server, your own server, or where ever
suits. When you have something published then just let one of us know
where (e.g. by emailing the list) and we can start reviewing and
incorporating your code.

If you need a hand with any of this just give me a shout, I'm more
than happy to help.

Cheers,
Andy

[1] which, lets face it, is probably the easiest and what me and
RichardF use. If you're happy with github, then "fork"
https://github.com/systemed/potlatch2 and clone from your fork as per
the github instructions.