====== IceEE GitHub project ======

The server project is now using GitHub to host the source and the static data files. This means that changes from both the live server, and developers local servers can all be merged together in an organised way.

This is made easier by the fact all data files are just text, so can be treated as 'source' files in the same way as the server source itself.

Periodically the data files will be branched into a stable version for use on the main server.

[[https://github.com/rockfireredmoon/iceee/|IceEE GitHub repository]]

===== Installing a Git client =====

To be able to work more effectively with the server data files and source, you will need a 'Git client'. This is used to both download the files initially, as well as retrieve updates when other developers 'push' them to the central repository, and also when you wish to push your own changes to make available to other developers.

There are MANY Git clients available, but this article describes use of the official one and how it is used with the IceEEE files.


===== Using The Data Files On Your Own Server =====

If you want to participate and work on the server data, you will need to familiarise yourself with Git. Be warned, this is a powerful piece of software, and can be complicated. I will detail the simplest uses, and hopefully this will be enough.

If  you just want to use the same data as our server, you can just clone our repository and use that. This is a relatively easy thing to setup.

==== Using Our Developement Server Data ====

TODO

==== Contributing To The Development Server ====

TODO