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perfect)](https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html),
and later you can also host GitLab on your own server. Anyway, create
an account in your favorite hosting facility (if you don't already
- have one), and define a new project there. It will give you a URL
- (usually starting with `git@` and ending in `.git`), put this URL in
- place of `XXXXXXXXXX` in the first command below. With the second
- command, "push" your `master` branch to your `origin` remote, and
- (with the `--set-upstream` option) set them to track/follow each
- other. However, the `maneage` branch is currently tracking/following
- your `origin-maneage` remote (automatically set when you cloned
- Maneage). So when pushing the `maneage` branch to your `origin`
- remote, you _shouldn't_ use `--set-upstream`. With the last command,
- you can actually check this (which local and remote branches are
- tracking each other).
+ have one), and define a new project there. Please make sure *the newly
+ created project is empty* (some services ask to include a `README` in
+ a new project which is bad in this scenario, and will not allow you to
+ push to it). It will give you a URL (usually starting with `git@` and
+ ending in `.git`), put this URL in place of `XXXXXXXXXX` in the first
+ command below. With the second command, "push" your `master` branch to
+ your `origin` remote, and (with the `--set-upstream` option) set them
+ to track/follow each other. However, the `maneage` branch is currently
+ tracking/following your `origin-maneage` remote (automatically set
+ when you cloned Maneage). So when pushing the `maneage` branch to your
+ `origin` remote, you _shouldn't_ use `--set-upstream`. With the last
+ command, you can actually check this (which local and remote branches
+ are tracking each other).
```shell
git remote add origin XXXXXXXXXX # Newly created repo is now called 'origin'.
@@ -617,21 +619,23 @@ First custom commit
your own methods after finishing this checklist and doing your first
commit.
- 6. **Delete dummy parts (can be done later)**: Maneage contains some parts
- that are only for the initial/test run, mainly as a demonstration of
- important steps. They not for any real analysis. You can remove these
- parts in the file below
+ 6. **Delete dummy parts**: Maneage contains some parts that are only for
+ the initial/test run, mainly as a demonstration of important steps,
+ which you can use as a reference to use in your own project. But they
+ not for any real analysis, so you should remove these parts as
+ described below:
- `paper.tex`: 1) Delete the text of the abstract (from
- `\includeabstract{` to `\vspace{0.25cm}`) and start writing your own
- (a single sentence can be enough now). 2) Add some keywords under it
- in the keywords part. 3) Delete everything between `%% Start of main
- body.` and `%% End of main body.`. 4) Remove the notice in the
- "Acknowledgments" section (in `\new{}`) and add Acknowledge your
- funding sources. Just don't delete the existing acknowledgment
- statement: Maneage was designed by funding from many grants. Since
- you are using it in your work, it is necessary to acknowledge them
- in your work also.
+ `\includeabstract{` to `\vspace{0.25cm}`) and write your own own (a
+ single sentence can be enough now, you can complete it later). 2)
+ Add some keywords under it in the keywords part. 3) Delete
+ everything between `%% Start of main body.` and `%% End of main
+ body.`. 4) Remove the notice in the "Acknowledgments" section (in
+ `\new{}`) and Acknowledge your funding sources (this can also be
+ done later). Just don't delete the existing acknowledgment
+ statement: Maneage is possible thanks to funding from several
+ grants. Since Maneage is being used in your work, it is necessary to
+ acknowledge them in your work also.
- `reproduce/analysis/make/top-make.mk`: Delete the `delete-me` line
in the `makesrc` definition. Just make sure there is no empty line
@@ -674,10 +678,10 @@ First custom commit
the first `echo` command has a `>` (to re-write the file with the
given line), the rest are `>>` (to append to it). After doing this
step in your own branch, when future commits in Maneage make any
- change in the given files, they will not be imported into your
- project's branch (it can be annoying!). You can follow a similar
- strategy if you want to avoid any other set of files to be imported
- from Maneage into your project's branch.
+ change in these files, it will not cause a conflict with your
+ project when you update Maneage (it is annoying!). You can follow a
+ similar strategy if you want to avoid any other set of files to be
+ imported from Maneage into your project's branch.
```shell
$ echo "paper.tex" > .gitattributes