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Getting started

Created by Andrew Jackson on Feb 20, 2011 · last edited by Andrew Jackson · on Jan 12, 2012 (view history) · 27 versions

To work on SCAPE you need to set up two accounts, one for github and one for the OPF Labs site.

To join github, sign-up here: https://github.com/signup/free
To join OPF Labs, sign-up here: http://jira.opf-labs.org/secure/Signup...
After you've done this, let the Technical Coordinator know your username(s), and he will add you to the appropriate groups so that you have the permissions you need.

You should also sign up for:

The relevant mailing lists
- All should be on the Techie list: http://list.scape-project.eu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/techie
- Which other lists you should be on depends upon your work.
The SCAPE SharePoint site:
- If you are a member of the SCAPE Projects, contact the Office ([email protected]) to set up an account.

Once signed up, you should have access to these resources:

Further help

For help setting up git and github, see http://help.github.com/** See also Configuring how line-endings are handled by git
If you use Eclipse, the egit plugin is pretty good: http://www.eclipse.org/egit/** Here's a tutorial on how to use it: http://www.vogella.de/articles/EGit/article.html
If you use Windows, the tortoisegit shell integration is quite good: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/
If you use Windows 7 and are having WEBDAV woes try this.
Internal SCAPE documentation is on the SharePoint site: https://portal.ait.ac.at/sites/Scape/