How I set this thing up

Saturday, 19 December 2015.

I use OSX, 10.9.5 and have both Github Desktop and GitBook Editor installed.

To do this, you must have signed up with GitBook and Github.

First step was logging in to my GitBook account, clicked that New Book button and then filled up necessary information for my GitBook (title, etc). Pretty easy.

Here, I can directly use GitBook web editor and start writing. But, what I wanted is to put files of my book in GitHub then trigger the push from GitHub to GitBook when changes happen.

My approach was:

• Create new GitHub repository (wzulfikar/lifelog)
• Link my GitHub repository to this GitBook (Settings > GitHub)
• Click Add Webhook button

Clicking Add Webhook button will create new entry in your GitHub repository Setting > Webhooks & services.

In GitBook Editor, there was 2 tabs: LOCAL LIBRARY and GITBOOK.COM. Clicked Life Log in GITBOOK.COM tab then this dialog came:

After cloning the book — yes, I clicked that Clone as a new book button, I opened it in GitBook Editor: Local Library tab.

The files are in my machine now.

As I wanted to make GitHub repository as the origin, I open GitBook Editor Help (command + shift + ?) and searched for Repository Setting. There, I told GitBook Editor where to push.

Now, whenever I click that Sync button from GitBook Editor, it will push to https://github.com/wzulfikar/lifelog.git. From there, since we added the webhook, GitHub will push the update to GitBook. So, the flow is: Local Machine -> GitHub -> GitBook.

The “Gotcha”

• If you push the repository without GitBook Editor —using GitHub Desktop for example, don't forget to pull the change GitBook Editor (Book > Pull) before syncing it.