[Bioc-devel] stuck in setting up Bioconductor GitHub

[Leif Väremo]

Hi,

I am trying to setup up my pre-existing Bioconductor package piano in GitHub. I am following the steps listed on the Bioconductor website:


  1.  git clone https://github.com/USER/REPO to clone the repository to your machine.
  2.  cd REPO to switch to the REPO directory.
  3.  bash /path/to/update_remotes.sh to setup the git remotes.
  4.  Commit to git and push to GitHub as you normally would.
  5.  Each time you want to push git commits to svn:
     *   git checkout devel to switch to the devel branch. (use release-X.X for release branches)
     *   git svn rebase to get the latest SVN changes.
     *   git merge master --log to merge your changes from the master branch or skip this step and work directly on the current branch.
     *   git svn dcommit --add-author-from to sync and commit your changes to svn. You may be prompted here for your SVN username and password.

After step 3, I have a local devel branch that does not yet exist in my remote (which would be my own fork of the Bioconductor-mirror).
My interpretation of step 4 is that I can work on any local branch, say devel or release-3.4, and then commit+push those changes to GitHub. However, when I try to push (either from the devel branch or a release branch) I get this:

remote: Permission to Bioconductor-mirror/piano.git denied to varemo.
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/Bioconductor-mirror/piano.git/': The requested URL returned error: 403

So it seems like it is trying to push to Bioconductor-mirror/piano.git whereas I would like to push to varemo/piano.git, right?

I assumed it was intended like this at least. So when I would be happy with my changes, e.g. updates to the local devel branch and in sync with the devel branch on varemo/piano.git, then I would move on and go through step 5 to push my edits to svn. But maybe I am missing something here?

As a side note: I am able to edit the local master branch and push that to GitHub, i.e. the master on varemo/piano.git. Is the idea that one should only work on master, and just use the other branches when doing step 5?

Would be grateful if anyone could clarify the system for me.

Thanks

/Leif Väremo

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