Committing images might bloat the repository, but having them version controlled we can do this:
https://github.com/blog/817-behold-image-view-modes -Filipe On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Hetherington, James < [email protected]> wrote: > Agree with Stephen. For scientists interested in reproducible research > best practice, I would recommend teaching use of Figshare for images, as > this provides DoIs and a better degree of archival persistence. > > Markdown image format  will display the image in Github > prettily. > > — > > Dr James Hetherington > > Team Leader, > Research Software Development, > Research IT Services > > And > > Honorary Lecturer, > Department of Computer Science > > University College London > > Twitter: @uclrcsoftdev, @jamespjh > Skype: ucgajhe > Phone: +44 7946868834 > Site: development.rc.ucl.ac.uk > > > > > > > > On 29/01/2015 15:44, "Turner, Stephen D. (sdt5z)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >Am I missing something, or what prevents just uploading to somewhere like > >imgur.com and using markdown to embed the image with a direct link. Sure, > >who knows about the permanence of images on imgur and the like, but is > >that really a problem for the concept map assignment? > > > >Stephen > > > > > >On Jan 29, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Timothée Poisot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Greg, all > >> > >> Another possibility (I'm not personally too fond of it, but it might > >>help) is to convert png files to base64 (using e.g. > >>http://www.base64-image.de/), then copy/paste the text in the web editor > >>of github. > >> > >> t > >> > >> Le 29/01/2015 10:37, Naupaka Zimmerman a écrit : > >>> Hi Greg - > >>> > >>> Looks like this used to be possible, but no longer: > >>> https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads > >>> > >>> It does seem like you can potentially paste in images into comment > >>>fields, at least in Chrome, if that helps: > >>> > >>> > https://github.com/tiimgreen/github-cheat-sheet#pasting-clipboard-image- > >>>to-comments > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Naupaka > >>> > >>> On 29 Jan 2015, at 5:54, Greg Wilson wrote: > >>> > >>>> We've been using a WordPress blog (at > >>>>http://teaching.software-carpentry.org) to manage the online > >>>>instructor training course for the last two years. I'd like to switch > >>>>to a GitHub Pages blog, and thanks to some heavy lifting from Andrea > >>>>Bedini and Pauline Barmby, we've moved the content over: see > >>>>http://swcarpentry.github.io/training-course/. > >>>> > >>>> But there are a couple of issues: > >>>> > >>>> 1. We don't want people to have to master Git right at the start of > >>>>the training course - they should be able to drive it by the time > >>>>they're done, but it will be a barrier to entry if we put it at the > >>>>beginning. > >>>> > >>>> 2. The repo is very large: slightly over 1.1 GByte when checked out, > >>>>thanks primarily to image files. People complained about the size of > >>>>the 'bc' repo when it was a tenth as big... > >>>> > >>>> Using a separate repository for each future run of the training > >>>>course will solve #2. #1 is the bigger problem. I thought the > >>>>solution would be for people to create and edit pages using GitHub's > >>>>browser interface > >>>>(https://github.com/blog/1327-creating-files-on-github), but I > >>>>discovered last night that there doesn't appear to be a way to upload > >>>>images through the web interface, which will make things like the > >>>>concept map exercise difficult. > >>>> > >>>> So: > >>>> > >>>> 1. Is there a way to upload images to GitHub through the browser, > >>>>rather than add/commit/push ? > >>>> > >>>> 2. If not, could I have half a dozen volunteers to give some > >>>>over-the-web one-to-one coaching to Git novices who are starting > >>>>instructor training next week? They'll need the coaching between Feb > >>>>5 and Feb 11. > >>>> > >>>> As always, if there's a better option that I've missed, I'd be > >>>>grateful for pointers. > >>>> > >>>> thanks, > >>>> Greg > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Dr. Greg Wilson | [email protected] > >>>> Software Carpentry | http://software-carpentry.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Discuss mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> > >>>> > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.soft > >>>>ware-carpentry.org > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> > >>> > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.softw > >>>are-carpentry.org > >> > >> -- > >> Timothée Poisot, PhD > >> > >> Professeur adjoint > >> Département des sciences biologiques > >> Université de Montréal > >> > >> phone : 514 343-7691 > >> web : http://poisotlab.io > >> twitter: @PoisotLab > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.softwa > >>re-carpentry.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Discuss mailing list > >[email protected] > > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.softwar > >e-carpentry.org > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org >
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