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/TiddlyWiki/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]].