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I have been approved for a repo on the Wordpress.org site for a new plugin I created. I am testing out Tower to see if it will work for me and allow Git as well as SVN version control.

I have created the repo in Tower it shows Master but there are other folders in the WP repo specifically "assets" that I can't seem to get to appear in the app.

Shouldn't this appear as a branch? (I'm new to version control so forgive me if I am unclear or use wrong terminology)

I just assumed that I would see all the branches (assets, tags, trunk, branches) yet all I see is Trunk. This is version one so I expect to see no tags.

I believe I have the SVN directory set up correctly:

Trunk: reftagger-shortcode/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk
Branches: reftagger-shortcode/branches/*:refs/remotes/*;reftagger-shortcode/assets/*:refs/remotes/*
Tags: reftagger-shortcode/tags/*:refs/remotes/tags/*

And they appear correct in the git/config too.

Here is a link to a Tower screenshot

Ken
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The Wordpress FAQ states:

Screenshot image files should ideally be put in the assets/ directory (which you'll likely need to create) in the root of your SVN checkout.
This will be on the same level as tags/ and trunk/, for example.

Alternatively, screenshots can be put in the directory of the tagged stable release (trunk/ or the stable tag directory) (the old way).

The assets/ directory is preferred since the screenshots won't be packaged in the plugin's release zip files, saving unnecessary bloat for each download.

Since:

  • SVN folder can be considered branches
  • Git only shows you the content of one checked out branch at a time

If you have followed the first option for assets/ folder, the SVN repo once converted in a Git repo would consider assets as a branch (or would ignore it completely, having only converted trunk into a master branch).
Note that you can import separate SVN directories as git branches, if some of those SVN folders (like assets/) are missing.

Hence asset/ being not visible.

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VonC
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  • Thanks for the info @VonC. Since it was a new plugin the repo was already set up with the `assets/` folder. I also used a SVN client originally to add all my files, but I am looking for GIT client to do both hence [Tower](http://www.git-tower.com/). You will note my set up above for the directory set up in Tower. It adds the correct code to the `git/config` that reads `fetch = reftagger-shortcode/trunk:refs/remotes/trunk branches = reftagger-shortcode/branches/*:refs/remotes/* branches = reftagger-shortcode/assets/*:refs/remotes/* tags = reftagger-shortcode/tags/*:refs/remotes/tags/` – Ken May 21 '14 at 13:40