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Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

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Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#11

I built this. If there are bugs makes issues; I will fix them. I welcome suggestions and feature requests.

Very cool, does it support organizations? Eg, can octogit create a repo in one of my organizations, instead of my main account? Perhaps: octogit create git@github.com:org-name/new-repo-name.git 'new repo desc'

That is definitely a feature I can put into the mix. if you create an issue on github; I will definitely get on it. :D

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#12
post #9

You could at least tidy up the presentation. > A free, open source solution for creating github repositories from the commandline avoid the usual copy and paste. Keep up to date on issues, and much more. Needs a comma. > octogit login &ltusername> &ltpassword> # allows you to store your github authetication data octogit create &ltreponame> 'description' # lets you create the repository both locally and on github octo…

It's on Github. That means you could fix that and send a pull request to the developer (which is consructive) instead of making a "constructive criticsm".

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#13
post #12
post #9

You could at least tidy up the presentation. > A free, open source solution for creating github repositories from the commandline avoid the usual copy and paste. Keep up to date on issues, and much more. Needs a comma. > octogit login &ltusername> &ltpassword> # allows you to store your github authetication data octogit create &ltreponame> 'description' # lets you create the repository both locally and on github octo…

It's on Github. That means you could fix that and send a pull request to the developer (which is consructive) instead of making a "constructive criticsm".

Contributing to open source comes in many flavours. Bug reporting is one of them. I simply don't have the motivation to contribute more than this to a project which doesn't personally interest me. Instead of throwing the little I do give back in my face, why not make use of it?

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#15
post #14

Didn't play with it yet, but I have a question. I have an organization linked with my personal account. Is it possible to creat a repo for that organization, instead of one for myself using this tool?

Its a feature that has been requested. I am going to implement it soon.

https://github.com/myusuf3/octogit/issues/19

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#16
post #13
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's on Github. That means you could fix that and send a pull request to the developer (which is consructive) instead of making a "constructive criticsm".

Contributing to open source comes in many flavours. Bug reporting is one of them. I simply don't have the motivation to contribute more than this to a project which doesn't personally interest me. Instead of throwing the little I do give back in my face, why not make use of it?

> I simply don't have the motivation to contribute more than this to a project which doesn't personally interest me

Creating an issue wouldn't have taken much more effort. I think your tone is what most people are having a problem with. Re-read your comment, and imagine that it's someone commenting on one of your projects.

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#18
post #9

You could at least tidy up the presentation. > A free, open source solution for creating github repositories from the commandline avoid the usual copy and paste. Keep up to date on issues, and much more. Needs a comma. > octogit login &ltusername> &ltpassword> # allows you to store your github authetication data octogit create &ltreponame> 'description' # lets you create the repository both locally and on github octo…

"You could at least tidy up the presentation."

It's your grouchy tone.

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#19
One thing I noticed: Could you link more prominently to the github page/repo of the project? One has to click the "watch" button to get there (which I didn't know before, so at least I learned something :D).

My idea would be to make a prominent "on github" link or link the big title to the repo.

Re: Octogit - Giving git more tentacles

#20
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Contributing to open source comes in many flavours. Bug reporting is one of them. I simply don't have the motivation to contribute more than this to a project which doesn't personally interest me. Instead of throwing the little I do give back in my face, why not make use of it?

> I simply don't have the motivation to contribute more than this to a project which doesn't personally interest me Creating an issue wouldn't have taken much more effort. I think your tone is what most people are having a problem with. Re-read your comment, and imagine that it's someone commenting on one of your projects.

pavel_lishin is right.

Had you changed your tone, submitted an issue, or as farslan suggested you could have taken an extra 5 minutes and submitted the changes yourself. If you had done that you would be a contributor to a great project, but unfortunately now you're just an ass.

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