Create a documentation page to serve as a guide if you have just been invited as a coauthor on a paper, i.e. not how to set up a new article, but how to clone and start working with a repository that already exists.
Things to include
Get a GitHub account.
Get Git.
Clone repository.
Link to GitHub flow.
Mention that the sync.sh script only works on the main branch, but can be used to set up the repo.
Mention that they would have to ask the repo owner whether commiting to the mian branch is allowed.
Create a documentation page to serve as a guide if you have just been invited as a coauthor on a paper, i.e. not how to set up a new article, but how to clone and start working with a repository that already exists.
Things to include
Get a GitHub account.
Get Git.
Clone repository.
Link to GitHub flow.
Mention that the
sync.sh
script only works on the main branch, but can be used to set up the repo.Mention that they would have to ask the repo owner whether commiting to the mian branch is allowed.