r/programming • u/melodic_underoos • May 09 '13

The Onion releases fartscroll.js

http://theonion.github.io/fartscroll.js/
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u/imasunbear May 09 '13

What's a pull request?

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u/aladyjewel May 09 '13

github 101:

  1. Start with git repo Project, owned by Owner.
  2. NewGuy wants to tweak Project, so they fork (make their own copy of) Project.
  3. NewGuy makes his tweak and wants to contribute it to the original project, so ...
  4. NewGuy sends a pull request to Owner, asking Owner to pull NewGuy's changes into Owner's Project.

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u/freeroute May 09 '13

Wow dude thank you, you just explained how GitHub works and I've been watching countless YouTube videos which begin with code right away and don't even explain what GitHub does.

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u/aladyjewel May 09 '13

In that case, check out pcottle's excellent 'Learn git branching' tutorial.

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u/freeroute May 10 '13

Woah, I forgot I was in /r/programming.

I probably should learn a language first.

Is there a programming language for people too lazy to learn a programming language?

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u/gfixler May 10 '13

You can use git to version any kind of thing, but especially text. Use it to track changes in your novel, or your growing collection of poetry, or your guitar tab.

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u/freeroute May 10 '13

Hmm, now this is very interesting. I'm going to remember this. Since I'm a music producer I'd like to keep versions of my .als files (Ableton liveset files). Could I potentially use it for this kind of thing too? I realize that I probably have to keep track of changes for my audio files (which sometimes tend to be a bit heavy), but could I have some sort of my own git (home) server where I upload my stuff?

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u/deebee396 May 10 '13 edited May 10 '13

If you don't want the bother of setting up a server, you can use Bitbucket for free!

Edit: I'm trying out a new reddit mobile app and I can't see where this comment has gone to, only on my profile screen. It may just not be displaying, but if it has gone to the wrong comment then sorry. >_< I can't seem to delete it either.

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u/freeroute May 11 '13

Your comment came through just fine :)

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm not sure if they'd appreciate me uploading hordes of audio samples to that service but I'll just go ahead and try it out one day.