> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Perduta > Sent: den 10 januari 2012 05:32 > To: Gitorious > Subject: [gitorious] newbie question > > I wanted to get a copy of the source code of LightOpenID and so I > clicked on "clone repository" but it didn't copy it to my (Windows) > computer as I expected.
The "Clone repository" button creates a personal clone on the _server_. This is because by default you do not have write access to the repository you want to work with, and thus need your own repository clone on the server where you can push things that you want merged to the official repository. > In the end I did manage to get it by installing git command line > utilities, but I'm writing a summary for other newbies and it would be > nice if I knew how to do it from the git web pages. This is how it is intended. If you want a local clone of a repository you use local git tools (be it the command line version, or, for Windows, something like TortoiseGit). > Is there a simple tutorial or can someone help me understand what I > was doing wrong please? > > Thanks in advance There is an option to download a snapshot of a repository as a tar ball, but that obviously will not allow you to use Git on it. //Peter -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
