Git with MM

[MagicBeginner]

Hello everyone,

I’m a beginner with MM and Git, and I’d like to develop and test a custom module. But I’m not sure to know how to setup Git with MM, so I have a got a basic question.

What I did was to import the MM repository on Git, but now I’m not sure if rather not make a new repository with the MM files on it, because maybe this should be done only if I want to modify MM which is not my case ? But I’ll not get the updates of MM if I do this ?

In a nutshell what should I do to start working on my module and testing it using Git ? It’s my first time doing it so I’m really not sure what to do…

Thank you.

[sdetweil]

@MagicBeginner a module has its own git repository separate from MagicMirror.

make the module folder
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
mkdir ???
cd ???
git init

and off you go
git add,
git commit

[MagicBeginner]

@sdetweil Thank you, but I have to first import the repository (when you click on the +), and then add my new module right ?

[sdetweil]

@MagicBeginner sorry, don’t understand.
if u are creating new

where is the +?

[MagicBeginner]

@sdetweil
Sorry,
my question is : do I have to download the content from https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror and then import it to a private repository, or should I do something else (I clicked on the + at the top right corner of the page with “import repository” thinking that it would make a “private” instance of the public repository, that I could modify). I am new to Git and I don’t want to mess up anything. Thank you.

[sdetweil]

@MagicBeginner when you git clone you copy the repository too

your module should NOT be added to the MM git repo
(unless u are creating a new default module which would be shipped as part of MM)

and you don’t NEED ANY of MM to create and use a git repo for your module