I haven't found anything about closing a GitHub/GitLab repository. I guess it's not feasible.
By "closed", I mean: it's possible to browse it/clone it, but not to create new commits/branches.
Maybe there is some kind of equivalent or other way to achieve this on either GitLab or GitHub for this? Bonus point if there is a readable error or message somewhere stating that the repo is closed.
On GitHub, you can "archive" a repository, making it read-only, which seems exactly what you're looking for. You can find a button to do so right in the settings of your repo, that is https://github.com/<username>/<repository>/settings. A banner will be shown stating that the repository is archived and no further modifications (e.g. new commits or branches) are possible. See this help page for more info.
On GitLab, the same thing can be done from Settings > General > Advanced settings > Archive project. See this help page.
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In a recent publication, I included a link to the GitHub repository for the code.
https://github.com/martinkrz/posepi1
This link is now in the literature, so I cannot easily change it. I'm wondering whether there's some way to have requests to the repo page (I can't find anything on this) be automatically forwarded to the GitHub Page for the project, which is at
https://martinkrz.github.io/posepi1/
Again, I need a redirect by GitHub.com because I'm practically stuck with the https://github.com/martinkrz/posepi1 link in the published literature.
No, this isn't possible. If it were, it wouldn't be possible for anyone to view the repository's overview page anymore, which would make doing common tasks difficult.
You could try updating your repository README to point to the place you'd like people to go, but that's the extent of the changes you can make.
This is not possible. You cannot (and to be honest nobody should) change or create self-executing code on your GitHub repository.
And thus, you cannot redirect users.
But you can put the GitHub Pages link into the description of the repository and/or add it as a link in the README.md
The link could be
Click here to see the code in action!
or something like that
Is there any way to disable viewers to download my files from github?
I want to show my work, but I am afraid anybody can steal my code.
You can't, Github actually means you want to share something with the community, or you are showcasing your work in the open source community. Unfortunately you cannot restrict the users from downloading your content from your Repository.
Alternatively what you can do Just make your Repository private. But then in this case you are not able to make you work available to view for audience.
More you can read here :-
https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/limiting-interactions-in-your-repository
Disabling zip/tarballs on GitHub at the moment seems to be impossible, but it would be useful for those using git submodules, which are not included in the automatic created archives, where the repository owner could replace them with a continuous integration job with something like git-archive-all.
I have recently contributed some files to my github account. You can find it under here. The contributions are correctly displayed in the contribution activity under the graph. However, the graph does not update (the squares don't become green). I have read all the helps from Github, checked out dozens of webpages, but I simply can't find a solution. Can you guys do?
Thank you so much for your help!
Can you try another web browser, or clean your browser cache?
I see the green square on graph for 3 contributions from "Sep 18, 2016".
It will probably be something with caching in your web browser.
There isn't quite enough to go off here so I'm going to go out on a limb.
My guess is that you had the repo and everything was fine. Then you got a new computer, downloaded the files, are able to change and push but (as you mentioned) no credit the work you did. If that's the case, what is likely is that you have a config problem. Github is crediting someone or something else, just not you.
How to fix it:
git config --global user.name "<your github user name>"
git config --global user.email "<the email account you have for github>"
How to tell:
I put this last because the fix is simply easier to do.
On your computer and in the repo that isn't getting credit type
git blame <file you've made recent changes>. Look for two different names. Unfortunately, it doesn't show email but use this as a first go. If you don't see any differences and there is a chance (hence the reason to simply do the fix first) no email is configured or the two emails differ.
git blame --line-porcelain <file you've made recent changes>
From there carefully look at the first two lines (author and author-mail) and look for discrepancies.
Very new to Github and I downloaded the desktop application in hopes of understanding it better. What I'm trying to do is commit/push files by dragging them into my repository folder, but they don't show in application when moved? I tried editing a txt file and as soon as I save it, it appears. I don't want to have to edit every file I add to my repository as I edit it elsewhere. How do I make the non-edited, dragged-and-dropped files appear?
Also, is there an official GitHub support forum? I can't find anything on their website where you can ask questions/etc and I'm not sure StackOverflow is the best place for this question.
Thanks!
That's the way how git works. It doesn't make sense to add every time the unedited files.
When it notices you added/edited/removed files, git will know that.
I pasted a file (blocks.gif) in my repository and in GitHub Desktop it I see the following (click the 1 uncommitted change) and you should see the new files there. Then you can write a commit message and commit the changes.
Also, is there an official GitHub support forum?
When you need help using GitHub, you can always contact the support team (or write an email to support#github.com). They are awesome people. :)
https://github.com/contact
I know that the owner of a repo is able to see a fork request when one is performed. But what about a clone? Can the owner of the repo see when someone clones it?
The question is too general, but let me answer the question as it stands now.
Can the owner of the repo see when someone clones it?
No, they cannot. If I go to one of your repositories and clone it to my local hard drive, the owner will not be able to view that activity. And why would you want to? Likely there are many clones of your repository.
Know that clones can live on other systems than GitHub.
Now, will the owner know that someone forked their repository on GitHub itself?
Yes, they will, assuming they pay attention.
I did the following:
Logged in as my main account
Created a repository
Set up a new dummy-account on an alternate email address
Forked the repository I created earlier
Logged back into my main account
This is what I see on my first page after logging in:
If I do the following:
Click on my repository
Click on the small 1 to the right of the "Fork" button:
Click on the "Members" tab:
Then I see this:
Conclusion:
Yes, the owner of a repository will see when someone makes a fork on GitHub, but no, they will not see it when someone makes a clone somewhere else.
As far what I found you CAN'T know when someone clones it (if you mean exact time) nor who cloned it.
But you can know how many clones were made on which date and the number of unique cloners from ths url.
https://github.com/{usernamme}/{reponame}/graphs/traffic
Insights tab:
However one thing I find fishy is unique cloners is more than unique visitors, how can someone decide to clone even without visiting the repo. I guess it may be bots in such cases.
You can use clone graph on GitHub to find out how many times your repository's source code is actually cloned in a given day. More information can be found here https://help.github.com/articles/about-repository-graphs/#traffic
Yes, it can be done.
Go to your account landing page- https://github.com/yourusername
Click on the repo you want to check traffic for.
Click on Insights on top navigation bar.
Click on Traffic on left navigation bar.
Voila, you will get your traffic including no of clones with a timeline.
Reference: clone graph
Open Github, find your repo, click on it. Then click on Insights and finally click on Traffic. Github shows a graph Traffic including git clones. Salutes!
As for now we can obtain this information with Rest API /audit-log,
but it is available only for Enterprise users with org:read permission.
We can see the actual users that have preformed fetch, clone and many more actions.
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/orgs#get-the-audit-log-for-an-organization
as long as you have access to the repo, aka an ssh key on the filesystem with the remote, then yes. you would do as follows:
git fetch some_remote
git log some_remote/some_branch