So I got my first github page that contains download buttons. I want to create buttons that link to the current version of my app.
How should I approach this? You should keep the application and the source apart from each other, but I don't have an idea where I should put my file on github to make it accessible (including a version history).
Would you link to a Sourceforge-Project or something similar? Or is there a common way for that on github?
You can tag the current version (which you want to be downloaded) and make a release on github. You can give link to the release for download.
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I found a small GitHub project that I want to use (https://github.com/NewSignature/us-map) to create a clickable map. It is a jQuery plugin. I don't want to download it and clutter up my project though. Is there a way to link to the project in like a script tag and link tag?
It is possible you could use a CDN for this if the project offers one already. You could ask the project if one exists, or see if common CDNs already offer it, and use that. Otherwise, you'll need to host it yourself.
While GitHub does provide a way to view the raw contents of a file, it isn't intended as a CDN for you to use. Raw files are not hosted directly, but instead generated from the repository, so for performance and availability reasons, GitHub doesn't want people to use it as a substitute for hosting their own dependencies.
I see people hosting files (usually binary files) under https://github.com/downloads/<user>/<repository>/. How do they do it?
You can't. That doesn't exist anymore... GitHub used to have a Downloads API that was replaced by the Releases API back in 2013. Old links were redirected and still work as you can see on the example you provided in the comments.
Nowadays, if you want to make files available for download, you should use either the Releases feature or the Packages feature.
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'm trying to purely use the website Github to create a repo, then public first commit. (Because I cant install the desktop client on this computer, nor use the command line, school restrictions)
I found a little cheat, I clicked the "make readme" button then renamed that file to make the first commit.
I created a screncast here:
Youtube :: Use Github without the Desktop App
After that I can create new text based files by clicking "+" button and create subdirectories too. But I don't know how to upload image, other text based files, or other non-text files to the repo using just the website. Does anyone know?
GitHub's web interface isn't designed as a complete Git solution. It allows you to do a subset of the operations you could do in a local clone, including just about every part of GitHub Flow.
Their documentation about adding files only covers adding text files using the online editor, which you have already discovered. I don't believe that it supports uploading files.
How to disable source tab in Google Code? I don't want any random users to look at my code.
Before you say that this can't be done, that Google Code is by default open source. Someone managed to do it, somehow.
Edit: Before you downvote me further, take a look at the link I provided. It's possible to do it, despite whatever you want to say. And I want to know how.
I don't want any random users to look at my code.
You can't prevent people from downloading the source code. Google's SVN repositories are open to anonymous browsing and checkout. For example, in the project you cited (the StackOverflow clone), notice that
svn checkout http://cnprog.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ cnprog-read-only
works just fine for downloading the source.
If you don't want people looking at your source code, don't use a free public-hosting service. Setting up a local svn repository is very easy, in any case: here's how you'd go about setting one up and adding stuff to it.
In your GC page Administer|Tabs then check the hide checkbox next to Source. Your code will still be available via SVN though.
The whole point of Google Code is that it is for open source. That means everyone is allowed to see it. If you don't want people looking at your code, use some closed source hosting site.
You can replace tabs with Wiki pages (for example, to point to your GitHub repository), but you can't prevent access to the Google SVN server.