vb6 & GitHub

[Davor Geci]

Hello,

I'm thinking to put one of my vb6 projects to GitHub.
I see that there is not a lot of vb6 on GitHub, does it make any sense to put it there, or is this a waste of time?
Does anyone know where can I find some info on how to do this with vb6 projects (tools, instructions, do and don't)

Thanks,
Davor

[Elroy]

For my 2¢, GitHub is certainly an alternative. However, personally, I think the CodeBank in these forums is a better alternative for a VB6 project. And also, it'll probably be found by more people here than over on GitHub.

Again, just my 2¢.

Good Luck,
Elroy

[PlausiblyDamp]

Hello,

I'm thinking to put one of my vb6 projects to GitHub.
I see that there is not a lot of vb6 on GitHub, does it make any sense to put it there, or is this a waste of time?
Does anyone know where can I find some info on how to do this with vb6 projects (tools, instructions, do and don't)

Thanks,
Davor

To answer the question "is this a waste of time?" we really need to know what your reason for wanting to put the code on github is. If you are wanting to have an online version control system then github will certainly do the job. If you are looking to just make the code available online then github will certainly do that but how many people will look for it is another matter.

[dreammanor]

Hi Davor, maybe you could post the code in the CodeBank and add a link to GitHub (In other words, your source code is stored on both GitHub and CodeBank).

However, code downloaded from GitHub may be garbled because of GitHub file encoding (such as UTF8 and Unicode).

[reexre]

use / customize these 2 files in project folder:

.gitignore :

# Windows image file caches
Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db

# Folder config file
Desktop.ini

# Recycle Bin used on file shares
$RECYCLE.BIN/

# Windows Installer files
*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp

# Windows shortcuts
*.lnk

*.exp
*.lib
*.vbw
/*.dll
/*.bak

*.exe

.gitattributes :

# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
* text=auto

# Custom for Visual Studio
*.cs     diff=csharp
*.sln    merge=union
*.csproj merge=union
*.vbproj merge=union
*.fsproj merge=union
*.dbproj merge=union
*.ctx    -diff
*.frx    -diff
*.res    -diff
*.RES    -diff
*.bas    eol=crlf
*.cls    eol=crlf
*.ctl    eol=crlf
*.frm    eol=crlf
*.txt    eol=crlf
*.vbp    eol=crlf

# Standard to msysgit
*.doc	 diff=astextplain
*.DOC	 diff=astextplain
*.docx  diff=astextplain
*.DOCX  diff=astextplain
*.dot   diff=astextplain
*.DOT   diff=astextplain
*.pdf   diff=astextplain
*.PDF	 diff=astextplain
*.rtf	 diff=astextplain
*.RTF diff=astextplain

[dz32]

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[Davor Geci]

Thanks guys for your tips,

are there any plugins for GitHub & vb6 to automate the process like there is for VSS

[dz32]

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[PlausiblyDamp]

Thanks guys for your tips,

are there any plugins for GitHub & vb6 to automate the process like there is for VSS

I quite like a mixture of TortoiseGit and the command line git client - sort of use either depending on what I am trying to do. I tend to use git flow from the command line as I quite like the branching structure it provides.

[SuperDre]

tools: Visual Git https://visualgit.io/ Opensource MSSCCI Git provider for usage inside the VB6 IDE.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I'm late to the party, but you might also look at GitLab. The technology is the same, the pricing structure is different. Each is best for certain types of situations.

[techgnome]

Six years late to this party it seems...


-tg

[yereverluvinuncleber]

No such thing as a dead thread as long as you have deep necromancer powers to resurrect it. The recent additions are also quite helpful.

[techgnome]

It's a Dead Thread Party ... come and join the fun...

-tg

[beic]

Ohh, I will check that "Visual Git", thanks for that!

[yereverluvinuncleber]

VisualGit was way beyond me, I tried it and decided against exploring it. I simply use github desktop and let it do the work. The thread can go back to the dark depths from whence it came.

[xiaoyao]

Who can make a github api module specially? You can upload the source code, and we will develop a project together.

[SuperDre]

VisualGit was way beyond me, I tried it and decided against exploring it. I simply use github desktop and let it do the work. The thread can go back to the dark depths from whence it came.

Well, you might use github desktop, but having to do things outside the IDE is just awful, and VisualGit works the way regular VisualSourceSafe integration works. And I was looking for an integrated experience as otherwise there wouldn't be a real reason for me to switch from our VSS to Github for our legacy (but still main) VB6 project.