--- layout: default navsection: userguide title: Working with an Arvados git repository ... This tutorial describes how to work with a new Arvados git repository. Working with an Arvados git repository is analogous to working with other public git repositories. It will show you how to upload custom scripts to a remote Arvados repository, so you can use it in Arvados pipelines. {% include 'tutorial_expectations' %} {% include 'tutorial_git_repo_expectations' %} {% include 'notebox_begin' %} For more information about using Git, try

$ man gittutorial

or *"search Google for Git tutorials":http://google.com/#q=git+tutorial*. {% include 'notebox_end' %} h2. Cloning an Arvados repository Before you start using Git, you should do some basic configuration (you only need to do this the first time):

~$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
~$ git config --global user.email $USER@example.com

On the Arvados Workbench, click on the dropdown menu icon in the upper right corner of the top navigation menu to access the user settings menu, and click on the menu item *Repositories*. In the *Repositories* page, you should see the @$USER/tutorial@ repository listed in the *name* column. Next to *name* is the column *URL*. Copy the *URL* value associated with your repository. This should look like https://git.{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/$USER/tutorial.git. Alternatively, you can use git@git.{{ site.arvados_api_host }}:$USER/tutorial.git Next, on the Arvados virtual machine, clone your Git repository:

~$ cd $HOME # (or wherever you want to install)
~$ git clone https://git.{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/$USER/tutorial.git
Cloning into 'tutorial'...

This will create a Git repository in the directory called @tutorial@ in your home directory. Say yes when prompted to continue with connection. Ignore any warning that you are cloning an empty repository. *Note:* If you are prompted for username and password when you try to git clone using this command, you may first need to update your git configuration. Execute the following commands to update your git configuration.

~$ git config 'credential.https://git.{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/.username' none
~$ git config 'credential.https://git.{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/.helper' '!cred(){ cat >/dev/null; if [ "$1" = get ]; then echo password=$ARVADOS_API_TOKEN; fi; };cred'

h2. Creating a git branch in an Arvados repository Create a git branch named *tutorial_branch* in the *tutorial* Arvados git repository.

~$ cd tutorial
~/tutorial$ git checkout -b tutorial_branch

h2. Adding scripts to an Arvados repository Arvados crunch scripts need to be added in a *crunch_scripts* subdirectory in the repository. If this subdirectory does not exist, first create it in the local repository and change to that directory:

~/tutorial$ mkdir crunch_scripts
~/tutorial$ cd crunch_scripts

Next, using @nano@ or your favorite Unix text editor, create a new file called @hash.py@ in the @crunch_scripts@ directory. notextile.

~/tutorial/crunch_scripts$ nano hash.py

Add the following code to compute the MD5 hash of each file in a collection {% code 'tutorial_hash_script_py' as python %} Make the file executable: notextile.

~/tutorial/crunch_scripts$ chmod +x hash.py

Next, add the file to the git repository. This tells @git@ that the file should be included on the next commit. notextile.

~/tutorial/crunch_scripts$ git add hash.py

Next, commit your changes. All staged changes are recorded into the local git repository:

~/tutorial/crunch_scripts$ git commit -m "my first script"

Finally, upload your changes to the remote repository:

~/tutorial/crunch_scripts$ git push origin tutorial_branch

Although this tutorial shows how to add a python script to Arvados, the same steps can be used to add any of your custom bash, R, or python scripts to an Arvados repository.