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====== Get a contributor account ====== | ====== Get a contributor account ====== | ||
- | ===== Who can apply for an account? ===== | + | There are two ways of getting or creating an account on gitlab.xfce.org: |
+ | - Sign in via an allowed external service, e.g. GitHub | ||
+ | - Apply for an (internal) | ||
- | Well basically anybody, but of course it has to be Xfce related. | + | ===== Sign in via an allowed external service ===== |
- | If you want to translate, a GIT account is not needed, you should [[contribute: | + | |
- | That said, please only apply for an account only if you think that you will work on Xfce for a somewhat longer time. If you know that you will only work for a couple of weeks and then never again, please consider not applying for an Xfce account but instead continue to put patches | + | |
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- | You can first publish your code on Gitlab.com, Gitlab.com or whatever platform to show what you have done before applying for an official Xfce account. | + | |
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- | The limitations are not there to exclude anyone -- they are there to ensure that the maintenance of accounts remains reasonable. Of course, to be clear: the Xfce sysadmins have the last word about whether or not to create | + | |
+ | If you sign in with e.g. GitHub your account will be immediately created and you can browse all repositories that are public or internal, create issues etc. **However, you cannot create or fork projects yet!** | ||
+ | In order to get full access you have to contact an Admin - see "Apply for an account" | ||
===== Apply for an account ===== | ===== Apply for an account ===== | ||
- | The easy way to get a contributor account is to contact developers on [[https:// | + | The easy way to get a contributor account is to contact developers on [[https:// |
===== SSH ===== | ===== SSH ===== | ||
- | For a secure connection | + | To be able to push to gitlab.xfce.org you need to either use the HTTPS link and enter your credentials for every push or you create an SSH key and [[https:// |
==== Generating a SSH key ==== | ==== Generating a SSH key ==== | ||
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ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa | ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa | ||
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- | <note important> | ||
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When the command asks for the // | When the command asks for the // | ||
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The private key **must** remain secret, do not publish it to anyone under any circumstance. | The private key **must** remain secret, do not publish it to anyone under any circumstance. | ||
- | The public key can be published and shall be sent when you are applying for an Xfce GIT account. | + | The public key is what you shall upload to gitlab.xfce.org. |