{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118/events","html_url":"https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118","id":54197121,"number":118,"title":"Recommendation: make lesson-core a separate repository","user":{"login":"gvwilson","id":911566,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/911566?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson","html_url":"https://github.com/gvwilson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gvwilson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/labels/discussion","name":"discussion","color":"5319e7"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-01-13T14:06:48Z","updated_at":"2015-01-15T09:27:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Several people have said they find it confusing and error-prone to merge PRs into the `core` branch, then merge again into `gh-pages`. While this workflow seems OK for Git experts, it would be simpler for the majority to have a separate repository `lesson-core` as the upstream of `lesson-template`."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/comments/70059808","html_url":"https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118#issuecomment-70059808","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues/118","id":70059808,"user":{"login":"vahtras","id":5682309,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5682309?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras","html_url":"https://github.com/vahtras","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vahtras/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-15T09:27:58Z","updated_at":"2015-01-15T09:27:58Z","body":"As a git intermediate (using basic git frequently) I can only agree with @willingc in that workflows can be very confusing and a graphical aid would help for any choice. What about having lesson-core as a git submodule of lesson-template?"}}