1. First get a github account

2. Setup git on mindhive.

3. Setup your ssh key ! Follow steps 1 & 2 in 'github:help':

>>> cat id_dsa.pub

or

>>> cat id_rsa.pub

copy the key to your github account settings-->SSH Keys-->add SSH key

4. Fork the mindhive repository. Then in a terminal:

>>> cd place/to/keep/repository
>>> git clone git@github.com/your_user_name/mindhive.git
>>> cd mindhive
>>> git remote add upstream https://github.com/gablab/mindhive.git

5. Set up symlinks to the repository in your home folder

>>> cd /place/of/repository
>>> python setup.py

6. Make sure you have a symlinked .bash_profile and .bashrc:

>>> cd
>>> ls -la

Set your project environment to the SAD project:

>>> sad_env

You should see your prompt say "SAD"

Create a pointer to the mindhive repository for the latest project environments:

>>> cd /place/of/repository
>>> git fetch upstream
>>> git merge upstream/master

To add an environment to the mindhive repository, make a separate environment shell script in the .env (called .my_project_environment in the example) in the mindhive repository folder. Then edit the .projects file to add a function:

function my_project_env()
{

source ~/.env/.my_project_environment

}

Commit and push the file up to your repository

>>> cd /place/of/mindhive/repo
>>> git add .env/.my_project_environment
>>> git add .projects
>>> git commit -m "added my project's environment"
>>> git push origin master

Test and send a pull request to gablab/mindhive for someone else to review and merge your changes.

https://github.com/gablab/mindhive/pulls

To add spm paths, setup an environment variable in your project environment file.

export SPM_PATH=/software/spm8_r5236/

and then edit $HOME/matlab/startup.m to include these lines (remove any lines adding SPM path)

spm_path = getenv('SPM_PATH');
if spm_path,
   addpath(spm_path);
end

Here are some great GIT tutorials:

http://nbviewer.ipython.org/urls/github.com/fperez/reprosw/raw/master/Version%2520Control.ipynb

http://mluessi.github.com/intro-to-git-and-github/#slide1