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Avery@boxy why would they not simply point this tolly500 fellow to the download button that gh has specifically for downloading things without installing git. what is happening in their brain.
Luna Lactea@shitpostalotl @boxy The project probably does not have any releases.
@jackemled @boxy there is a button to download all the files as a zip it's an option presented as an alternative to cloning the repo and also would do exactly what the guy wants
@shitpostalotl @boxy You also still have to find a way to build that into a usable application. This is probably what they're having a problem with, they can't do that because they don't know how to & they don't even know what to look up to figure that out because they're inexperienced with computer stuff.
@shitpostalotl @boxy I'm not here to argue, so I'm not going to continue after this. The subject line says "im not a computer nerd", anyone who isn't a computer nerd would call an application package "the files". Not everyone knows terminology, not everyone knows computer stuff. Not every user knows how to run git or build an app from source files.
I remember being that user. Every time I make a project, regardless of if it's just a tiny macro, I build an executable just incase I need to share it or just incase I hit my head & go back to being that user. I want that user to be able to plug & play my software without having to download five command line tools & learn to use them first.