Barry Rowlingson CHICAS use of git lab

Barry Rowlingson CHICAS use of git lab

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  CHICAS’ Use of GitLab- some notes Lancaster University Data Conversations 3rd October 2017 Barry Rowlingson
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  Revision Control ●Is agood thing ●Git is a really good thing ●Barriers to using Git?
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  Barriers to UsingGit “I don’t want to share my code” ○You don’t have to, have a local repository. “I can’t share my code with everyone” ○You don’t have to, have a private repository. “My code is rubbish, nobody should see it” ○Everyone’s code is, together we can make it better. “My code is valuable, I don’t want it off-site” ○So self-host a git repository.
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  GitHub.com ●Limited free private repos. ●Can’tbe self- hosted.
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  GitLab.com ●Similar feature-set. ●Limited free private repos. ●Opensource. ●Can be self- hosted.
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  fhm-chicas-code.lancs.ac.uk ●Get an ISSVM ●Install GitLab
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  Minuses ●Installation ○“Omnibus” installation onUbuntu was easy. ●Admin ○Add users. ●Maintenance ○Look out for security updates ○Look out for update messages ○Run “apt-get install gitlab-ce” occasionally.
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  Pluses ●Personal Git Repositories ○Singleuser, backups your working directory ●Total Privacy ○Nothing leaves campus ●Total Control ○We can easily add outside collaborators
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  Private-public FrankD pushed a projectfrom our GitLab to GitHub for public consumption.
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  Conclusion ●Use Gitlab ●Go on ●Goon ●Go on ●Go on….