kyleguy

kyleguy

repository setup

Configure the your domain registrar's DNS

This assumes you are using the DNS provided by your domain registrar. Some common registrars are Cloudflare, SquareSpace, Wix, GoDaddy, Gandi, Namecheap, and others. FYI, I listed some bad and some good ones, not a review just blasting.

Not necessarily the first thing that needs to be accomplished, but if it is done early time can be saved while the DNS provider tries to spread the word out to the internet about your domain. Add a record for the domain name. In this example we add kyleguy.rome7.com, you only add a record for the subdomain part, kyleguy. You are the decision maker for what domain points to this site. My site will be hosted on pebbleguy.com so I use a CNAME so that when people go to my site they will know where my site is located. I did not want a site at rome7.com so I am creating a subdomain:

Create a git repository

Login to your account on git.pebbleguy.com. Click the add repository button:

Then fill out the form. We will use some predefined options to template our gitignore file and have Gogs initialize the repository for us.

This is what the mostly empty repository looks like if you were successful:

Get a copy of the repository on your computer

Open powershell or cmd:

You will clone the repository to your desktop, type these commands into the powershell terminal. The output should match closely with the example. You will want to replace the clone url with your own repository https://git.pebbleguy.com/{{your_gogs_account_name}}/{{repository_name}}

cd desktop
git clone https://git.pebbleguy.com/kyle/kyleguy

With the repository cloned to your desktop successfully, you should be able to use the Windows file explorer to view the files: