Ron, can you link us to your PR? there is 118 open at the moment and I don't see your name with the last bunch.
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com > wrote: > Due to Sebastien and Daan's help, I have been able to create a pull > request for a small change to the docs. > https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#Working_with_remote_Repositories > was also a great help. > It took me a few attempts to get a push to my github repo working but it > finally worked. > > Eclipse/STS is pretty good for editing docs since it has an ReST editor > that provides an outline for documents. > I would like to have a Maven plug-in for Sphinx but I am not sure about > everyone else so it might be tricky to integrate it into my workflow > without affecting the master on git. > > If anyone has a chance to look at the pull request and let me know if I > got it right, that would be reassuring. > > Ron > > > > > > On 30/10/2015 5:58 AM, Sebastien Goasguen wrote: > >> Ron, >> >> I don’t know how to use Github with eclipse, I use the command line for >> everything. >> >> But the documentation should be good: >> >> https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-docs-admin#contributing-to-the-documentation >> >> Basically you need an account on GitHub. >> You fork https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-docs-admin (or the other >> docs repo). >> You will then have a fork at https://github.com/ >> <YOUR_ACCOUNT>/cloudstack-docs-admin >> >> Clone your own fork: >> >> $ git clone https://github.com/<YOUR_ACCOUNT>/cloudstack-docs-admin >> >> Make your commits via eclipse and push to your own fork. >> >> Then on the GitHub UI, create a pull request to the upstream repo: >> https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-docs-admin >> >> -sebastien >> >> On Oct 29, 2015, at 9:58 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Trying to help out with the docs without doing too much damage. >>> I am new to git. >>> >>> I am using Eclipse with the egit/mylyn plug-in and I have managed to get >>> the source for the docs-admin downloaded. >>> >>> The "Configure Fetch" has a Source Ref of "refs/heads/*" and a >>> Desctination Ref of "refs/remotes/origin/*" >>> I think that I have the right sources. They seem to match the published >>> docs. >>> >>> I have made my changes and think that I need to create a pull request to >>> get one of the Cloudstack gods to decide if my attempts are worthy. >>> >>> I have created the pull request in Eclipse but when I try to submit it I >>> get an error box titled "Submit failed" popping up with the rather cryptic >>> "Unexpected error: Invalid request. "base", "head" weren't supplied". >>> I think that I have to configure the "Remotes/origin/ >>> https://gethub.com/apache/cloudstack-doc-admin.git"; entry using >>> "Configure Push" menu. >>> >>> It has a section called "Ref mappings" that I gather is how git figures >>> out how I want my changes mapped back into the remote repos. >>> >>> Am I looking in the right places? >>> If so, what are the right "Source Ref" and "Destination Ref" entries to >>> get a pull request that will please the gods (both local and remote). >>> >>> It looks like editing and creating pull requests gets easy once this is >>> working. >>> >>> Still have to work on getting the document production working so I can >>> actually see the fruits of my labour. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> >>> * >>> * >>> >>> -- >>> Ron Wheeler >>> President >>> Artifact Software Inc >>> email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com >>> skype: ronaldmwheeler >>> phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 >>> >>> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > -- Daan
