Re: [Ietf-and-github] [Last-Call] Genart last call review of draft-ietf-git-using-github-04

[Kjetil Torgrim Homme <[e-mail]>]

On Tue, 2020-03-10 at 11:29 +0100, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:
> Le 10/03/2020 à 07:05, Kjetil Torgrim Homme a écrit :
> > - despite my efforts of explaining, people still prefer to
> > > exchange
> > > the files by email.  This feedback is from working with several
> > > groups on several xml drafts on several github repositories.
> > 
> > both Github and Gitlab have good web based editors which can
> > recommended to Git skeptics
> 
> I heard that skepticism from many people in a hurry.  They dont have 
> time to get imposed some rule.
> 
> It is difficult to understand some parts of the github behaviours.
> 
> Especially by those who do shared document processing by using other 
> document sharing tools like github.
> 
> This is the gist of it: having a beautiful modern web interface,
> makes one think that GitHub easily supports things like uploading a
> document. It is not the case.  There is no button on the web to
> Upload a file.

it is right up there in the file browser in Github,

  [Create new file] [Upload files] [Find File]

in Gitlab there is a generic [+ v] dropdown menu to upload a new file,
create a new branch etc.

there is also the concept of gist (Github) and snippet (Gitlab) which
is for more informal sharing of files, think pastebin on steroids.

>  Not even to Download a file.

well, that is slightly less obvious, I'll grant you that - the button
is called [Raw] in Github, which you may have to Control click to get
the file download dialog.  in Gitlab there is a separate download icon
(an arrow pointing down into a tray).

-- 
regards,
Kjetil T.