Hi Mark > On 6 Dec 2019, at 15:14, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki > <tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Ok, that's the single line, which is put at the top instead of into the > step-by-step directions: > > If you already know GitHub <https://tiddlywiki.com/#GitHub>, note that > documentation updates must be directed to the tiddlywiki-com branch > > I don't know what it means by "directed to the tiddlywiki-com branch."
That paragraph is intended for people who know GitHub, hence the introduction. For people following the instructions in this tiddler everything is taken care of automatically. > > Does that mean my branch is a sub-branch of the tiddlywiki-com branch? Or do > I call my branch tiddlywiki-com ? You’d clone the repo (which gives you all the branches in the repo), and then add a new branch that was based on the tiddlywiki-com branch. You shouldn’t call the branch tiddlywiki-com, either use a short descriptive name, or use a numbering system. > For most of us, Github is not really very friendly. It often gives messages > that are confusing and counter-intuitive. We need all the help we can get. That’s why those instructions exist for making changes through the GitHub web interface. The idea is that users following the instructions don’t need to understand anything about branches etc. Best wishes Jeremy. > > Thanks! > > > On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 6:51:45 AM UTC-8, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > Hi Mark > >> On 6 Dec 2019, at 14:48, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki <tiddl...@googlegroups.com >> <>> wrote: >> >> The change to the documentation system itself was only documented with a >> single line. Or maybe not even that. I don't know what it means to work on >> the documentation branch. Do I make a branch below the documentation branch, >> or call my own branch by that name? >> >> As far as I can tell, the tiddler, >> >> Improving TiddlyWiki Documentation >> >> >> was not updated to reflect the changes. >> >> Thanks! > > That tiddler was indeed updated back in January when we introduced the > change. From the perspective of the person making the PR the only thing that > changed was that the PRs should now target the “tiddlywiki-com” branch (hence > the docs update). All the good changes are in the background: now when I > merge a PR it automatically triggers a rebuild of tiddlywiki.com > <http://tiddlywiki.com/> whereas in the past I needed to run the update from > my computer, and it took a considerable time. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > >> >> >> >> On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 2:16:47 AM UTC-8, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> A couple of thoughts: >> >> * Pinning should never have been globally available. I appreciate the >> argument that no great harm was done, but it evidently created confusion as >> to who could see that a thread had been pinned >> * We should agree on general rules for what threads might qualify for being >> pinned. To me, pinning would start with urgent announcements (e.g. if >> discovered a serious bug in a release and wanted to warn people to upgrade), >> important on-going informational threads like “Newbies start here” >> * Generally I think it might be interesting to experiment with more use of >> pinned threads that are updated by an admin (e.g. we could have a thread >> “Announcements December 2019” that a volunteer like (say) Mohammad might >> undertake to update on a regular basis) >> * As to plugin announcements, maybe the route to the widest audience is to >> put them on tiddlywiki.com <http://tiddlywiki.com/>. For a year now we’ve >> had the ability to do near instantaneous updates to tiddlywiki.com >> <http://tiddlywiki.com/> just by merging a pull request. It’s a shame we >> haven’t seen more use made of this; for the first time, tiddlywiki.com >> <http://tiddlywiki.com/> is editable by anyone who can create a PR >> * We can appoint as more group managers if we need to >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >>> On 6 Dec 2019, at 09:45, TonyM <anthon...@ <>gmail.com <http://gmail.com/>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Bit of a storm in a tea cup >>> >>> I had never pinned anything before. Found I could and assumed it was >>> private. Two other pins occurred then I found out it was public and started >>> a pin exit plan. >>> >>> As far as I can see this has being the extent of pins in the last year or >>> more so, with respect, I suggest education before restricting or dictating. >>> >>> This is only my opinion but I have seen dozens of forums fail by the >>> overzelouse slippery slope arguements that gradually disable features, >>> create moderator roles where none were necessary, all due to perceived only >>> possibilities. >>> >>> As soon as you remove member responsibility you stop them taking >>> responsibility. >>> >>> By the way my two pins received substantial contributions as a result, to a >>> community wide need. >>> >>> Please solve problems by education first, not reducing things to an >>> imaginary lowest common denominator. >>> >>> Sincerly >>> Tony >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "TiddlyWiki" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to tiddl...@ <>googlegroups.com <http://googlegroups.com/>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c508d140-c1c8-4d3c-9e04-60f08190be15%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c508d140-c1c8-4d3c-9e04-60f08190be15%40googlegroups.com>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tiddl...@googlegroups.com <>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/52466f0d-3ff4-4b17-b0c6-c9975d5d3d1c%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/52466f0d-3ff4-4b17-b0c6-c9975d5d3d1c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d1d7ff9c-ff8c-4a02-a23c-32f9b8f78e1c%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d1d7ff9c-ff8c-4a02-a23c-32f9b8f78e1c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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