TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/nodejs/Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository.tid

created: 20131219100444289
modified: 20140920134404247
tags: [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]]
title: Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

! Introduction

If you want to [[contribute|Contributing]] to TiddlyWiki's development, rather than [[installing TiddlyWiki in the usual way|Installing TiddlyWiki on Node.js]], you can work directly with the GitHub repository. 

Mario Pietsch has created a [[short video introduction|Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository video]].

! Setting Up

# Create an account on GitHub if you don't already have one
# Fork the TiddlyWiki5 GitHub repository from https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5
# Clone a local copy of your fork
# Open a command line terminal and change the current working directory to the root of the repo
# Type `npm link` (Windows) or `sudo npm link` (Mac/Linux) to tell [[npm]] to use this copy of the repo as the globally installed one

After this procedure you can work with TiddlyWiki5 via [[npm]] as though it were installed in the usual way with `npm install -g tiddlywiki`.

See also [[Scripts for TiddlyWiki on Node.js]].
Docs updates 2013-12-19 10:08:14 +00:00			`created: 20131219100444289`
Readme updates for Node.js 2014-09-20 14:06:33 +00:00			`modified: 20140920134404247`
			`tags: [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]]`
Lotsa docs updates 2013-11-29 12:26:48 +00:00			`title: Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository`
			`type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki`

Add @pmario's video tutorials 2014-08-31 13:43:14 +00:00			`! Introduction`

Readme updates for Node.js 2014-09-20 14:06:33 +00:00			`If you want to [[contribute\|Contributing]] to TiddlyWiki's development, rather than [[installing TiddlyWiki in the usual way\|Installing TiddlyWiki on Node.js]], you can work directly with the GitHub repository.`
Add @pmario's video tutorials 2014-08-31 13:43:14 +00:00
Readme updates for Node.js 2014-09-20 14:06:33 +00:00			`Mario Pietsch has created a [[short video introduction\|Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository video]].`
Add @pmario's video tutorials 2014-08-31 13:43:14 +00:00
Docs updates 2013-12-19 16:45:13 +00:00			`! Setting Up`

Readme updates for Node.js 2014-09-20 14:06:33 +00:00			`# Create an account on GitHub if you don't already have one`
Docs updates 2013-12-19 10:08:14 +00:00			`# Fork the TiddlyWiki5 GitHub repository from https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5`
Docs updates 2013-12-19 16:45:13 +00:00			`# Clone a local copy of your fork`
Docs updates 2013-12-19 10:08:14 +00:00			`# Open a command line terminal and change the current working directory to the root of the repo`
Clarify references to sudo 2014-01-02 21:47:01 +00:00			# Type `npm link` (Windows) or `sudo npm link` (Mac/Linux) to tell [[npm]] to use this copy of the repo as the globally installed one
Lotsa docs updates 2013-11-29 12:26:48 +00:00
Correct another npm typo 2014-01-04 12:05:24 +00:00			After this procedure you can work with TiddlyWiki5 via [[npm]] as though it were installed in the usual way with `npm install -g tiddlywiki`.
Docs updates 2013-12-19 16:45:13 +00:00
Readme updates for Node.js 2014-09-20 14:06:33 +00:00			`See also [[Scripts for TiddlyWiki on Node.js]].`