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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 in the [[contribute: | + | |
- | 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. | + | 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 | |
- | The limitations | + | |
===== 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:// |
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===== 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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When the command asks for the // | When the command asks for the // | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Now that you are finished generating your key pair, you will have two files: a private key and a public key. If you have accepted the default filename, they will be respectively $HOME/ | + | Now that you are finished generating your key pair, you will have two files: a private key and a public key. If you have accepted the default filename, they will be respectively |
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. |
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+ | ==== Setting up the SSH key so Git uses it ==== | ||
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+ | In '' | ||
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+ | host gitlab.xfce.org | ||
+ | HostName gitlab.xfce.org | ||
+ | IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa | ||
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