Config option with array of multiple values?

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger logon to GitHub, click repositories , new, make the name match your module name, create.

it will give you a set of commands to execute in your module folder to upload it to that repo…

easy peasy

note that you need to create an access key thru the GitHub profile menu to be able to upload.(aka push)
this replaces the requested password now

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil said in Config option with array of multiple values?:

it will give you a set of commands to execute in your module folder to.upload it to that repo…
easy peasy

I’ve got a repository set up with a README.md file but I don’t see anything about how to upload the module.

Also, is there anywhere with a list of what files I need to upload? These are the files in my directory:

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total 32
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger   59 Oct 25 07:43 email.css.orig
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger 6420 Oct 27 11:26 MMM-MailMessage.js
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger 3566 Oct 25 12:44 MMM-MailMessage.js.save
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger 3117 Oct 25 07:58 node_helper.js
drwxr-xr-x 12 roger roger 4096 Oct 25 12:44 node_modules
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger  355 Oct 27 12:37 package.json
-rw-r--r--  1 roger roger 3755 Oct 25 12:44 package-lock.json

I’m pretty sure the node_modules directory comes from the emailjs-imap-client that it needs (which came from an npm install) so I don’t think that should be in the repository for this module. I’m not sure about package-lock.json. I think package.json is needed – it basically just has the name & description and says it needs the emailjs thing.

Other than that, it’s MMM-MailMessage.js and node_helper.js so I think the files needed are:

• MMM-MailMessage.js
• node_helper.js
• package.json

Is that right?

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger then to update your repo

on the pi in your module folder

git status
will tell you the files that changed

git add . 

will add them all

git add filename filename2 

will add only those to the pending commit

git commit -m "some message why you made these changes"

then

git push 

to upload

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger when you created the repo on GitHub you should have seen this output

I named my repo fribble2 for this test

in the section on create new from commandline

I would not do the git add for the readme as I have that already on the GitHub side

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil

I think I’ve managed to thoroughly muck things up. Apparently my changes are in a branch called “master” and the repository has a “main” and never the twain shall meet.

If I go to the “pull requests” tab in github, it shows me the differences between the file there and my changed file but there’s no way to merge them. This is what I’m seeing:

I have the module working for me on my system but I don’t seem to be able to get it to a state where I can publish it.

I’ve never used git/github before (other than to download modules) and, frankly, there’s a lot of base knowledge I don’t have that seems to be required to understand it and get it working.

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger ok

ok, the easiest way to handle this

rename your module folder to some other name

then git clone your github repo

then copy the files from your renamed folder to the clone

then in the clone folder do

 git add . 
git commit -m "adding 1st commit"
git push

then the local branch will be the same as the remote(github) branch
and all will be well from then on, and u can delete the renamed folder

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger well, maybe its even easier

on the github page
the link next to the branches

you can rename main to xyz
then rename master to main

then delete xyz branch

then on your pc
rename the existing folder out of the way
git clone your repo again
then you will be in sync

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil
I went with your first suggestion and it seems to be all better now.

I’m going to play with it some more but once I’m satisfied it won’t break anyone’s set up too badly, do I just change the visibility from private to public?

There was a notice about the repository not being protected but it seems to have gone away; is that something I should worry about?

Lastly, I see this on the repository page:

Do I need to do anything about those?

Thanks again for all your help and your patience!

[sdetweil]

@UncleRoger just change it to public. the others are for bigger projects

[UncleRoger]

@sdetweil Thanks!