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I'm just an amateur coder, and have no experience with Git or Github.  And 
really, I don't have any need for elaborate versioning protocols.  But I've 
been working on flashing new firmware versions to TI MSP430G processors using 
custom BSL code and an embedded USB-to-serial adapter, and I'd like to make 
what I've developed available to others in the unlikely event that it would 
be of interest to anyone.

I wonder if it would be possible to upload all the files directly to Github 
in my browser, and not install either the Git shell or the desktop GUI.  Does 
anyone know if that's possible?

Also, my stuff includes two Windows console .exe programs, and one VBS 
script.  One of the .exe files is just a small modification to an open source 
TI file (BSLDEMO2) with the added option to invert the DTR line so the 
program will work with modern USB adapters. The other .exe is a program I 
wrote, with assistance from several people here, that is the equivalent of 
BSLDEMO2 for the G2231's primitive custom BSL protocol.  And the VBS file 
just converts any Intel-hex file to a TI-TXT file as required for BSLDEMO2.

Of course the source code for everything will be included, but since I use a 
kinda oddball MSP430 assembler, and a kinda oddball x86 C compiler,  I'd like 
to include the executables for everything so any downloader won't have to 
deal with my choices. These are small .exe's - about 60K each.

But after spending a lot of time on Youtube and Google and even Github, I 
can't find exactly what the situation is with respect to uploading 
executables to Github.  It seems they accepted them for a while, then didn't, 
then did again, and perhaps it involves something called a "release" which 
isn't really explained anywhere that I can find.

Flying Camp Design includes in one of their repositories their own version of 
BSLDEMO2.exe, and it looks like they just included the .exe in the folder 
with the source code and other stuff.  No release that I could find.

So if someone could clarify this for me, I would appreciate it.

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Need advice on github Peabody <waybackNO584SPAM44@yahoo.com> - 2017-04-25 16:21 -0500
  Re: Need advice on github bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-25 23:00 +0100
    Re: Need advice on github David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-26 00:32 +0200
      Re: Need advice on github bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-04-26 00:28 +0100
        Re: Need advice on github Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-25 16:51 -0700
    Re: Need advice on github Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-25 15:43 -0700
    Re: Need advice on github GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-04-26 01:40 +0200
  Re: Need advice on github Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-25 15:28 -0700
  Re: Need advice on github Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2017-04-25 23:53 +0000

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