So I am currently using node.js to make a Discord bot. I am switching the way things work however. The bot runs from my machine (computer), but I would like my friends to be able to work on it as well. Is there any way we can clone a GitHub repo into an existing folder, as to update the current BOT.js file we have?
The point of this is to have the bot auto update via github
You can create an empty Github repository, make sure to create it without any readme etc before you have made your first push.
Then using git, you initialize a git repo inside your current folder you are working out of, when you have done that, you can set a upstream to Github (w/ the repository URL you got for your newly created repository (on Github)), then just commit your files, push them to the Github repo master branch and you should be good to go.
Hope that helps!
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I currently work on solutions / projects within a single GIT repository, in Visual Studio. The commits I make are to a local folder on the Visual Studio server, and then I use the command 'git push origin master' (after having changed directory to my local folder / repository) to push commits to a Gitlab in my company's corporate space. The purpose of this is less about using branches and software development (as I am the only person who does any work on this), and more about having a way to rollback changes and keep a master copy off the server.
I now want a fresh copy of this GIT repository, so I can use that as a new baseline for an application migration. I will still continue to work on the existing repository too.
What is the best way to make a copy of the existing repository, that I can treat as a totally separate thing, without accidently messing up my existing config on the server? Should I do the clone from the Gitlab? Or clone locally and then push that up to the new space in my Gitlab? Honestly, I'm a bit confused at this point about the proper model for this stuff.
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Sounds like you'd like to fork the project: keep the existing repo and start a new, separate repo based on the old one.
Browse to your project in Gitlab
On the main repo screen, click "fork" in the top right
Select a new/ the same organisation as you'd like
The project is now forked!
From here, you can clone the fork to your local machine in a new folder. These are now separate projects, and code updates can be added, committed and pushed to the separate repos.
I'm having trouble creating some sort of automatic deployment function with Github
So, what I have is a repository on Github, and a local folder in my Ubuntu connected to that repository on Github, and what I want to achieve is, that everytime I upload/Add a new file to the repository on Github, I can somehow run a script that updates the local folder on my Ubuntu, with those new files stored in my repository on Github.
So to sum it up;
1.Upload new files to repo in Github
2.Run script on local Ubuntu machine
3. Newly uploaded files in repo in Github gets added to local folder on Ubuntu machine.
Is there anyways to achieve this? Thanks!
That seems to be a case for webhook, which comes with a constraint: your machine should be reachable from github.com.
If that is the case, you can setup a listener (for instance, alexandru/github-webhook-listener), which will detect JSON payload sent by GitHub on each push on your repository.
That local listener can then trigger a simple git pull in your local repository, updating its content that way.
I have a project running on a remote server. I cloned it into the server to run. Problem is everytime I make a change to the code via git, I have to go into the remote server delete the folder and clone it once again. How can it automatically detect a change in the repo and update it?
You're looking for what's called continuous deployment|delivery.
Since you're using GitHub, you may want to look at GitHub Actions. This is one of many mechanisms that are available.
You can configure Actions to trigger various actions (including building, testing and deployment of your code [to the Digital Ocean droplet]) every time you make a commit.
I have a NodeJS server which is generating a server-side JS code into a separate folder on the server and then serves it to the user as a .zip file. I would like to be able to take this code and push it to a GitHub repository the user would specify (or even better- create a new brunch and push it to the branch). I was checking GitHub API but I could not find an endpoint, which would describe this situation. I also checked one node module, but the same story- no information about if this is possible (and how) or not.
My question is- Is it possible to take a folder on a server and push it to a GitHub repo (if all the credentials and keys are known) programatically and if so, can anyone please direct me to some resources? I tried to find something but nothing was relevant.
Thank you,
T.
I've just found these two libraries, that can help you to push your files to git from Node.js:
git-js is a lightweight wrapper around installed git binary
nodegit is a standalone Git client implementation in Node.js
Just use the provided API programmatically to commit and push files. You could create a separate branch if you want and tag your commits.
just install git bash and do it through that. I don't use anything but the terminal to do my git repos. good luck.
I am new to the world of grunt but I feel like there must be a way to do this. Hopefully I can explain my issue in a way that makes sense so you can be of assistance.
Essentially, I have a git project, including a gruntfile, that I use to start all new websites. I clone the project, delete the .git folder and setup a new project in bitbucket for it. Over time I have had to make some modifications to the gruntfile and it is annoying to go back to an old project where I hadn't made those modifications. Is there a recommended way to ensure that my template is up to date on all of my projects?
Things to note:
1) I am familiar with grunt scaffolding but I have never used it, is this the use case for it?
2) my projects live in bitbucket and are private. My initial solution to this problem was to use grunt curl and pull the latest and overwrite the previous gruntfile
3) The issue with #2 is that I would need to put my username/password in the path and can't figure out how to prompt the user, even if I do and they enter the login incorrectly bitbucket still returns something (a bad login page) and this would overwrite my gruntfile.
Thanks in advance! I appreciate anyones input
I assume you are using git with bitbucket. If that is the case you can do a pull from a master repo that contains your template grunt file in each of your project repositories for the desired effect.
See this answer for how to pull from a remote repo.
remote repo q
Since you only care about merging in changes from the Gruntfile.js you can pull it specifically from the remote template repo. I'd suggest following this pattern assuming you add the remote reference to you template repo when necessary:
From you project repo create a new branch
Pull the Gruntfile.js from the template repo
Resolve any merge conflicts
Merge with master
See the last answer on this question for how to pull a single file:
fetch a single file