You have to replace "yourUsername" in the URL by your actual Github username. So that it leads to your forked repo. Sorry if I was not clear.
I linked a Github tutorial in the other thread that talks about syncing your local repo. Anyway, here it is again: > # Changes the active directory in the prompt to the newly cloned "Spoon-Knife" directory > git remote add upstream https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife.git > # Assigns the original repository to a remote called "upstream" > git fetch upstream > # Pulls in changes not present in your local repository, without modifying your files I have seen the other thread you started, so let's continue there. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:52 AM, Fabrizio Tappero < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Carl, > hum, it sounds quite easy actually. I just tried but: > > $ git clone https://github.com/yourUsername/kicad-library > Cloning into 'kicad-library'... > Username for 'https://github.com': > Password for 'https://github.com': > fatal: Authentication failed > > isn't anonymous cloning not possible? > > > Also, the problem I have with the bullet points you mention is similar > to the problem many people might have with any git-based contribution. > Ill try to explain. When you get a repo because you want to contribute > (either is kicad it self or the kicad lib repo) u clone it you do your > modifications, you create and send to developers your patch. Few days > after your patch gets applied and ideally your would like to re-synch > your repo with the newest repo but it is not possible because your > current repo is out of synch since you did your modifications locally. > > Create a branch and go back to the original branch is one possible > solution. Well all this procedure seems to me quite complicated > especially when the contribute is some kicad users who is trying to > update a lib component. > > Do you agree? Once again, in my opinion, git is made for developers > not for pcb designers who we are trying to take advantage of for > improving kicad lib quality. > > So, is a solution to ease this lib contrib process needed needed? > > If you do not mind I'd like to pose this question on the kicad dev mailing > list. > > Regards > Fabrizio > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Carl Poirier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Unfortunately i do not understand how to actually contribiute to any lib > >> component since the lib component editing is not done with a txt editor > but > >> instead with kicad lib comp editor. > >> So this is what users will want to know: > >> - how to download or get the lib comp to midify (do i already have it in > >> kicad?) or how to generate a new lib component file to send to you > >> - how to turn this new component into a patch > >> - how to send it to you > >> - how to get newest lib components in my kicad distro > > > >> Best way is a 1 min video where u do it and i can describe it by txt > using > >> google docs. Once done i ask for quick contribiutions from any > developers. > >> Git anf github is for coders and i have the impression we are trying to > >> get kicad users to use it to make kicad lib better. Is it doable? How? > >> What do u think? > > > > > > Hi Fabrizio, > > > > Contributing to the library components is done the same way. I do think > git > > is simple enough (compared to bzr) for contributors to use. If not, they > can > > still email us their changes directly. > > > > 0. fork a git repo though Github > > 1. git clone https://github.com/yourUsername/kicad-library > > 2. in eeschema, change library folder to that dir > > 3. Make modifications > > 4. git commit > > 5. git push > > 6. Create pull request. > > > > To update the libraries on your computer, if you use this method, then it > > would be a simple matter of doing "git pull". > > > > A video is a good idea. I'll look into that. > > > > Regards, > > > > Carl > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Fabrizio Tappero > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Ciao Carl. > >> Yes i did read it. Unfortunately i do not understand how to actually > >> contribiute to any lib component since the lib component editing is not > done > >> with a txt editor but instead with kicad lib comp editor. > >> So this is what users will want to know: > >> - how to download or get the lib comp to midify (do i already have it in > >> kicad?) or how to generate a new lib component file to send to you > >> - how to turn this new component into a patch > >> - how to send it to you > >> - how to get newest lib components in my kicad distro > >> > >> Best way is a 1 min video where u do it and i can describe it by txt > using > >> google docs. Once done i ask for quick contribiutions from any > developers. > >> Git anf github is for coders and i have the impression we are trying to > >> get kicad users to use it to make kicad lib better. Is it doable? How? > >> What do u think? > >> Fabrizio > >> > >> On 18/03/2014 1:32 PM, "Carl Poirier" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Fabrizio, > >>> > >>> does this answer your questions? > >>> > >>> Carl > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:03 AM, Fabrizio Tappero > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> no worries > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:18 PM, Carl Poirier > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > Hi Fabrizio, > >>>> > > >>>> > Please hold on a few moments, I'm writing an email that explains > some > >>>> > of it > >>>> > on the lib-committer mailing list. > >>>> > > >>>> > I was actually wondering if the information could be added where it > >>>> > needs > >>>> > to. :) > >>>> > > >>>> > Carl > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Fabrizio Tappero > >>>> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> >> > >>>> >> Hi Carl, > >>>> >> I am updating the getting started with kicad tutorial pdf liked to > >>>> >> all > >>>> >> kicad programs. I'd like to add a section on lib on github but I > >>>> >> first > >>>> >> need to know what is going on. Could u please direct me to > something > >>>> >> i > >>>> >> can read or see. > >>>> >> > >>>> >> thanks > >>>> >> Fabrizio > >>>> >> > >>>> >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Carl Poirier > >>>> >> <[email protected]> > >>>> >> wrote: > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> >> Is anyone working on doing some sort of collaborative library > >>>> >> >> where > >>>> >> >> people > >>>> >> >> could create components and by users votes have the components > >>>> >> >> validate > >>>> >> >> them-selves? > >>>> >> >> I know a little about the github "official" library for KiCad > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > Few of us (like me) work on libraries on a voluntary basis. So > much > >>>> >> > as > >>>> >> > those > >>>> >> > who volunteer for any other good cause. > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > Basically, contributors started to open merge requests to one or > >>>> >> > more > >>>> >> > GitHub > >>>> >> > libraries. We then validate as much as we can and pull the merge > >>>> >> > request. > >>>> >> > That's how you would do to contribute some corrections to a > library > >>>> >> > and/or > >>>> >> > commit a new one. > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > For now, the merge requests can be handled by one person but I > >>>> >> > suspect > >>>> >> > this > >>>> >> > will change soon, once the GitHub plugin gets more users. We will > >>>> >> > then > >>>> >> > need > >>>> >> > more people to validate the footprints and libraries. > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > Carl > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Dick Hollenbeck < > [email protected]> > >>>> >> > wrote: > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> On 03/17/2014 01:35 PM, Alejandro Méndez A. wrote: > >>>> >> >> > Ok, > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > I will do that in a new post with another title so it is easy > to > >>>> >> >> > find. > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > I could make a video since I already have a youtube channel > with > >>>> >> >> > plenty > >>>> >> >> > of visits but I'm > >>>> >> >> > not a native English speaker so I think it might be better > just > >>>> >> >> > to > >>>> >> >> > keep > >>>> >> >> > the written version :) > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > In fact I've been doing a tutorial for Kicad in Spanish but I > >>>> >> >> > haven't > >>>> >> >> > finished since the > >>>> >> >> > last changes for KiCad have changed a lot in PCBNew and > Library > >>>> >> >> > and > >>>> >> >> > I'm > >>>> >> >> > thinking of > >>>> >> >> > redoing the first ones with a newer version of KiCad including > >>>> >> >> > the > >>>> >> >> > new > >>>> >> >> > features of PCBNew. > >>>> >> >> > Should I keep waiting a little longer for more big changes? > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > I'll try to make a useful post for the environment variables > and > >>>> >> >> > how > >>>> >> >> > to > >>>> >> >> > use them to be > >>>> >> >> > able to work with Kicad seamlessly in different platforms. > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > Last but not least. I think there is already work being done > >>>> >> >> > with the > >>>> >> >> > libraries but I > >>>> >> >> > think that it would be really good for KiCad to have a very > >>>> >> >> > large > >>>> >> >> > contributive components > >>>> >> >> > library since most "hobbiest" users don't wan't to make their > >>>> >> >> > own > >>>> >> >> > parts > >>>> >> >> > and people like me > >>>> >> >> > that are freelance or work for small companies will use > already > >>>> >> >> > created > >>>> >> >> > components when > >>>> >> >> > they come from a "respectable" source. I spend a lot of time > >>>> >> >> > creating > >>>> >> >> > my > >>>> >> >> > own footprints > >>>> >> >> > and I've found that the best library out there in my opinion > is > >>>> >> >> > this > >>>> >> >> > one: > >>>> >> >> > http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm . Is > >>>> >> >> > anyone > >>>> >> >> > working on doing some > >>>> >> >> > sort of collaborative library where people could create > >>>> >> >> > components > >>>> >> >> > and > >>>> >> >> > by users votes have > >>>> >> >> > the components validate them-selves? > >>>> >> >> > I know a little about the github "official" library for KiCad > >>>> >> >> > and > >>>> >> >> > also I > >>>> >> >> > know of a web > >>>> >> >> > that is doing that for three differents packages (KiCad > >>>> >> >> > included), it > >>>> >> >> > is > >>>> >> >> > called > >>>> >> >> > CircuitHub. It is a great idea but they try to cover too much, > >>>> >> >> > at > >>>> >> >> > least > >>>> >> >> > for now, in my > >>>> >> >> > opinion. You can create the components in their web, et > cetera. > >>>> >> >> > I've > >>>> >> >> > tried it and I've > >>>> >> >> > even talked to one of the founders for support, since there > are > >>>> >> >> > many > >>>> >> >> > things that don't > >>>> >> >> > work right yet and they make it basically unusable at the end. > >>>> >> >> > They've > >>>> >> >> > told me they are > >>>> >> >> > working on it, but it have passed at least 6 months and they > >>>> >> >> > have > >>>> >> >> > added > >>>> >> >> > other things but > >>>> >> >> > the component creation part is still not working right. To the > >>>> >> >> > point > >>>> >> >> > of > >>>> >> >> > not even been able > >>>> >> >> > to create new schematic symbols. > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > Anyway, I just want to know if there is somebody working in an > >>>> >> >> > idea > >>>> >> >> > like > >>>> >> >> > that but just to > >>>> >> >> > keep the components, not creating them in the web since I > could > >>>> >> >> > help > >>>> >> >> > creating components > >>>> >> >> > and a system to let people create components to share, > following > >>>> >> >> > a > >>>> >> >> > common criteria which > >>>> >> >> > could give some security to the people wanting to use them. > >>>> >> >> > > >>>> >> >> > BTW, sorry for the long boring reply. > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> For any task requiring large man-hours to succeed, there > typically > >>>> >> >> needs > >>>> >> >> to be incentive > >>>> >> >> or economic sustenance. Simply voting does not cut it. You > could > >>>> >> >> ask > >>>> >> >> 50 > >>>> >> >> people to dig > >>>> >> >> ditches, and tell them you will vote on who does the best job, > and > >>>> >> >> they > >>>> >> >> will walk away > >>>> >> >> with a curious look on their faces. > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> The guys maintaining the github repo are picking up steam and > are > >>>> >> >> changing > >>>> >> >> and adding > >>>> >> >> footprints and parts fairly regularly now. This is an economic > >>>> >> >> miracle. > >>>> >> >> There is no > >>>> >> >> economic explanation for it. I vote "yeah" for Carl and the > gang! > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> You get what you pay for, or you get what you do, anything after > >>>> >> >> that > >>>> >> >> is > >>>> >> >> an economic > >>>> >> >> miracle (or a free lunch, but they don't exist, because in > English > >>>> >> >> it > >>>> >> >> is > >>>> >> >> well known that > >>>> >> >> "there is no free lunch"). > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> If you want to learn more, join the ~kicad-library-committers > >>>> >> >> team, but > >>>> >> >> what you want is > >>>> >> >> not happening here on this mailing list and I'll have nothing > >>>> >> >> additional > >>>> >> >> to do with it > >>>> >> >> (other than having previously recruited Carl and having written > >>>> >> >> the > >>>> >> >> github > >>>> >> >> plugin.) > >>>> >> >> > >>>> >> >> Now Carl and company are the engine of improvement. 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