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How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 02:16
by SAMIAMNOT
I want to upload my Minetest game Clonecraft to GitHub, but when I try to upload it, it won't let me, saying there are too many files. Worse, when I try adding the game piece by piece, I keep adding the wrong files to the wrong directories.
In short, is there a simple, straightforward way to upload a Minetest game to GitHub? How does everyone else do it?

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 02:33
by Napiophelios
I used to do it using Chromium browser,
but I always had a hard time of it.

I found this on github and love it.
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 02:44
by SAMIAMNOT
Thanks so much for the timely response.
Does this program let you upload to repos in bulk?

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 03:03
by Napiophelios
What do you mean in bulk?
More than one repo at a time?
IDK.

My first repo I used it on was a texture pack.
It wasn't a large filesize
but it has almost 1000 textures in it
and I had no problems with it.

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 03:07
by MineYoshi
Napiophelios wrote:What do you mean in bulk?

Multiple files.

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 03:14
by Napiophelios
yeah that's kinda what the second part of my post addresses, Mineyoshi.

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 06:47
by Byakuren
You could make separate repositories for the mods and use submodules.

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:00
by SAMIAMNOT
That would be too complicated; I want everyone to be able to download my game the same way they download everyone else's games (LOTT, Overcraft, etc.). Everyone can do it except for me :/
I'll try Git for Windows and see if it works.

Re: How do you upload Minetest Games to GitHub?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 19:06
by rubenwardy
Github is a version control host, you upload changes not files. These changes may create or update files

Git is a very useful skill once you've learned it

You should try and make each commit a single change, like:

Add feature X
Fix bug that caused Y

See sofa's guide to git.
Also try finding a tutorial by searching "git for complete beginners"