From b782565ec55b8a2f4b7e40ad0f03d841f0e09227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Sargent Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:42:51 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Typos and more cross links in instructions --- handbook/computing/winlaptop.html | 2 +- handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html | 18 +++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/handbook/computing/winlaptop.html b/handbook/computing/winlaptop.html index 16382d995..2e6131cda 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/winlaptop.html +++ b/handbook/computing/winlaptop.html @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@

Some software, such as the commercial (but free) GitKraken, requires that you click a checkbox to say that you are "using local SSH agent" rather than specifying ssh private keys explicitly (File->Preferences->Authentication in GitKraken).

Some software (such as Filezilla) defaults to using the local agent and it "just works".

Brendan wrote a guide to using putty and git for expo on a Windows machine. It's worth reading and it has lots of screenshots: Idiots guide to accessing expo git.pdf. -

Read the online instructions abut using OpenSSH in Windows as an alternative. (Then write them up and edit this handbook to be more useful.) +

Read the online instructions about using OpenSSH in Windows as an alternative. (Then write them up and edit this handbook to be more useful.)

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diff --git a/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html b/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html index 5cbd3b2c4..925d04427 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html +++ b/handbook/computing/yourlaptop.html @@ -120,16 +120,21 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p

None of this works until you set up the key-pair setup using PuTty/Pageant. @@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p a Windows app but it communicates directly ("remotely") with the WSL Linux environment.

You will definitely want the "Git History" extension - and probably the "Git Lens" extension too. + and probably the "GitLens" extension too. @@ -151,6 +156,9 @@ but all the recommended software here is open source (and please don't install p

You will already have configured your machine as a 'basic laptop'. If you have not yet done this, do that now, before continuing with these instructions. +

If you are using a Windows machine, go and skim read the Windows advanced configuration section before you actually start +any of this simpler stuff. +

Idiots guide to setting up git for expo - PDF - Brendan's guide. Uses PuTTy and GitKraken.