Personally, to keep my documents like Inkscape files or LibreOffice documents separate from my code, I add a directory under my home directory called Development. There, I can do git clones to my heart’s content
What do you all do?
~/.projects
Similar, but I’m not ashamed of having my projects on display, so it’s just
~/projectsfor me.
/dev/null
~/repo for code I write and ~/src for code I didnt.
~/source
~/repos
~/codefor everything I want to change/look at the source code.~/.local/srcfor stuff I want to install locally from source.I used to use
~/devbut for years now I use~/Workspacebecaue Eclipse made me do it${HOME}/repos~/code/$LANGUAGE/$REPONAME
~/workspace/git
That way I can also keep other stuff in the same “workspace” directory and keep everything else clean
I have a Code, simulations, ECAD, and FreeCAD folder in the workspace folder where projects or 1-offs are stored and when I want to bring them to git, I copy them over, play around in the project folders again, then copy changes over when I am ready to commit.
I could better use branching and checking out in git, but large mechanical assemblies work badly on git.
$HOME/Code/<remote>/<repo owner>/<repo name>
I use ghq to manage cloning to get this desired structure
I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GIT.
Don’t worry, the basics are really easy to
gitget down, you can read any beginner guide to start trying it out, for example this one on baeldung seems pretty alright by a quick skim, or, if you prefer a more playful approach, definitely check out ohmygit.
If you want to try a git hoster as well, make a GitHub profile if you want to go where most everyone is, so you can also easily contribute to others’ projects, otherwise, if you care about staying on a free platform, make an account on Codeberg, fewer people, but all great like-minded free software supporters…or make one on both, ngl
Thanks. I do have a codeberg, a Gitlab and a github account (all I have here are my blacklist and white lists). If my kids allow me, I’ll start swimming on this waters this weekend. I’ve only seen how you guys basically hold repose of pretty much anything and automate workflows and configurations so easily, it’s amazing.
Good luck! It can get complicated so I know how you feel looking at weird configurations that do magic
~/git, for projects I cloned from the web because I don’t know how to code :(
