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Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by twog »

stared wrote: post #15

Is there a way to make repository which is partly private? For me it is a common use-case where some data aren't share for any reason (e.g. because they are not checked yet whether they are correct), while other files are public?

Not currently, but this is a great idea. We may just have to add this to the roadmap

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by songgao »

twog wrote: post #18
songgao wrote: post #16

This is a great idea! I've been trying to collaborate my professor on academic papers with git. We tried my own git server, github, but they still seem to be too much trouble for people who do not use git regularly. Online LaTex editor integrated with the git service would be great! It would be better if you could add code highlight in the editor though. Also realtime PDF preview (maybe not realtime.. it'll be overwh…

Thanks songgao! Drop an email (mine is in my profile) and Ill get you signed up on our git-powered latex editor. It has most the features you just described, and is launching soon =)

Wow, thanks! I didn't find your email in your HN profile. Here's mine: song@gao.io

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by songgao »

twog wrote: post #21
stared wrote: post #15

Is there a way to make repository which is partly private? For me it is a common use-case where some data aren't share for any reason (e.g. because they are not checked yet whether they are correct), while other files are public?

Not currently, but this is a great idea. We may just have to add this to the roadmap

The other thing is that, IMHO, private repo for this is not good for academic, instead, make it temporarily private. People write papers to get published. They surely want as many people as possible to see it. The reason they want it to be private is to hide it from others before getting published so the ideas won't get stolen. So I'm thinking maybe set up a time limit for repos being private would be better? After that time limit, the repo is automatically made public unless requested more time by user.

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by zmjones »

twog wrote: post #18
songgao wrote: post #16

This is a great idea! I've been trying to collaborate my professor on academic papers with git. We tried my own git server, github, but they still seem to be too much trouble for people who do not use git regularly. Online LaTex editor integrated with the git service would be great! It would be better if you could add code highlight in the editor though. Also realtime PDF preview (maybe not realtime.. it'll be overwh…

Thanks songgao! Drop an email (mine is in my profile) and Ill get you signed up on our git-powered latex editor. It has most the features you just described, and is launching soon =)

I would really like access to this too. I have been using sharelatex and the git support is still not there. My email is zmj@zmjones.com

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by songgao »

twog wrote: post #18
songgao wrote: post #16

This is a great idea! I've been trying to collaborate my professor on academic papers with git. We tried my own git server, github, but they still seem to be too much trouble for people who do not use git regularly. Online LaTex editor integrated with the git service would be great! It would be better if you could add code highlight in the editor though. Also realtime PDF preview (maybe not realtime.. it'll be overwh…

Thanks songgao! Drop an email (mine is in my profile) and Ill get you signed up on our git-powered latex editor. It has most the features you just described, and is launching soon =)

Holy crap check this out: https://github.com/manuels/texlive.js It's pdflatex ported to javascript running in browser natively!

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by zmjones »

twog wrote: post #25
zmjones wrote: post #23

I am hopeful that this works, as my collaborators can definitely not be bothered to learn git. The UI elements are way too big IMO.

Hi zm. What do you mean by the UI elements? Do you mind snapping a screenshot for me?

The nav bar and the commits page are too big I think. There ends up being a lot of space wasted. The commits page especially so. 5 commits should easily fit on a page. There are also two date information fields. One listing how many days ago the commit occurred and the other indicating what date the commit occurred on.

Re: Banyan, the "GitHub of Science", is now in public beta

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Post by twog »

zmjones wrote: post #26
twog wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks songgao! Drop an email (mine is in my profile) and Ill get you signed up on our git-powered latex editor. It has most the features you just described, and is launching soon =)

I would really like access to this too. I have been using sharelatex and the git support is still not there. My email is zmj@zmjones.com

Thanks! Will do. I will drop you a line this afternoon
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