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Tutorial Converting to Repoman

Everett Griffiths edited this page Apr 6, 2015 · 3 revisions

If you've grown frustrated of maintaining your MODX projects using the conventional labor-intensive methods, then this tutorial is for you. It demonstrates how to restructure an existing project so it can be managed by Repoman and you can forget about crafting your own custom build scripts.

Converting Someone Else's Extra

Follow along with this screencast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct4uUI8rJ_M

  1. Fork repo in github
  2. Clone YOUR copy to your local computer
  3. Reference the original repo so your fork stays up to date with it: $ git remote add -f upstream git@github.com:opengeek/getResources.git
  4. Make a branch for the new feature/fix, e.g. named "repoman": $ git checkout -b repoman upstream/master
  5. Make your changes.
  6. Commit your changes and push them to the new branch, e.g. git push origin repoman
  7. Head back to Github and create a pull request from your branch to the master.
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