Laziness
We’re trying out the Backpack Journal at work, so I spent a little bit of time yesterday making sure my code commits would automatically show up as entries. I thought it would be nice if I could easily set my Journal status from the command line, so I knocked together a quick tool. Other folks wanted to use it too, and a few minutes later it was available via Github.
It was far easier
Gitting Started with Rails
Nice title, right? Original. And hilarious.
So Rails is officially on GitHub. This is great if you’re a contributor: No more tracking unofficial repositiories (or maintaining your own), keeping backlogs of patches, or any of the million other frustrations that come along with not having the keys to the kingdom. Get over there, fork Rails, and integrate your awesome feature hotness!
Here’s how I’m tracking the Rails repository:
First, I forked rails/rails on GitHub. No GitHub account?