Adding to Bludit plugin repository

[arfa]

I look back at my earlier post "how to add plugin" and realise that was a bit bung.

So here is the same question but under a new, hopefully more indicative, subject:

I am working on a couple of plugins and looking to the day that I can share those. On searching for 'how to add bludit plugin' I end up here:
https://github.com/bludit/plugins-repository

step 1: Create a new file inside the folder /authors/.
I login to gitHub and there are two options:
1 - create new file ... and this gives me: "You need to fork this repository to propose changes"
2 - upload files ... which tells me "Uploads are disabled"

What am I missing?
Do excuse my newness to this. A learning project in progress.

thx - kusalo

[joho]

I look back at my earlier post "how to add plugin" and realise that was a bit bung.

[..]

I login to gitHub and there are two options:
1 - create new file ... and this gives me: "You need to fork this repository to propose changes"
2 - upload files ... which tells me "Uploads are disabled"

What am I missing?
Do excuse my newness to this. A learning project in progress.

Great to have you here

Search the Internet for "Forking a GitHub repo" and "Submitting a PR to a forked GitHub repo" and you should come up with some useful answers.

Simply put, unless you have write access to a GitHub repo, you need to "fork" (copy, into your own GitHub repos), and then make the changes, in your forked (copy) of the repo, and then finally create a PR (pull request) to the original repo. The people responsible for the original repo can then review your changes and accept, or reject, them into the original repo.

I hope that made sense.

[arfa]

thx - good to be exploring Bludit (again - I did a few projects back in '17) - it has changed; way for the better!

A lot of new information for me there - never having really used gitHub. I will digest and search/study. Old and slow - but dogged

[joho]

thx - good to be exploring Bludit (again - I did a few projects back in '17) - it has changed; way for the better! A lot of new information for me there - never having really used gitHub. I will digest and search/study. Old and slow - but dogged

Good luck. We'll be here if you get stuck.

[arfa]

It was easier than I anticipated. Thanks for the offer of help - and ++ to Edi for his continuing attention to all-things-Bludit. Keeping this kind of thing alive and well takes commitment.

So, a new plugin is evolving and it is both part of my bludit learning curve and, hopefully, a useful addition. I am pretty slow but will get there

[arfa]

I have created my first plugin (kind of an accident related to a member question) and it is nicely small and a good part of my learning curve. It seems to work in several environments.

But... danged if I can work out how to get the beast into the repository.
>> How to add a plugin
new file inside the folder /authors/
.... this is done and live. Yay.

2) Create the plugin metadata
got the template - OK
created a screenshot.png
put them in a folder = "read-more-or-less"
and this is where the instructions end ?

I figured to upload that folder into my fork
https://github.com/kusalo/plugins-repos ... ster/items
but... while it allowed the upload I can't see the folder
https://github.com/kusalo/plugins-repos ... re-or-less

I did bang at another button and created ?something so that link goes there? Duh.'

I am sure I am doing something dumb - and humble pie is an old friend.

Suggests plz.

thx - kusalo

[joho]

Not sure how you uploaded to your fork, but maybe you should try it again (start over). Something (obviously) didn't go right. But it's hard to tell exactly what went wrong "from here".

[arfa]

I am stumbling about and now have:

kusalo wants to merge 1 commit into master from kusalo-patch-1

This seems more promising. I will await the force - may it be with me?

& many thanks joho for your continuing support here ++

kusalo

[joho]

I am stumbling about and now have:

kusalo wants to merge 1 commit into master from kusalo-patch-1

This seems more promising. I will await the force - may it be with me?

& many thanks joho for your continuing support here ++

kusalo

Anytime. Whatever brings us forward helps Bludit help us (and others). Keep up the steam!

Thanks for contributing!