Moving a CodePlex project to GitHub

Follow the steps outlined below

Create the Repository on GitHub

• Standard repo name: DNN.XXXXX, where XXXXX is your module name
• Use a short description
• Public
• GitIgnore File: Visual Studio
• License: MIT

Now create your repository

Clone to your local disk

• Copy the GitHub URL for the repository
• Use your favorite tool to clone the repo (I use SourceTree)

Update your local repo

• Copy the .gitignore fro the DNN.Platform repo (it better tuned to DNN)
• Download the sources from the source tab of the CodePlex project
• You now have a .zip with the latest project sources
• Unzip the content into the local repo
• Stage and commit the local repo to the Github repo

Create a release on GitHub

• Use the latest version # of the Codeplex project
• Download all files from that version from CodePlex
• Upload those files to the release on Github

Create a new branch development

• Create a new branch development on your local repo
• Push this branch to the repo on Github (origin)

Update CodePlex project

• Change the CodePlex project home page with an instruction to point the user to the repo on GitHub
• Change the CodePlex project title with (moved to GitHub)
• Remove all team members (People/Manage team)

Wiki documentation on GitHub

• If the CodePlex projects has documnentation, copy/paste that into the Wiki of the repo on GitHub