Another entry in the upload-then-link category is to put the images in a GitHub issue comment, then copy the markdown link that generates. That keeps everything sort of attached to the same repo. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:21 AM Filipe Pires Alvarenga Fernandes < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists. > software-carpentry.org
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