Developer Accounts

Unique Profiles

Simple, easy to recognise user names are preferred. For example “Martyn Gigg”, or if spaces are not allowed “MartynGigg”.

Also, add your own unique and fun profile image on Slack, Github, the Forum and everywhere to make you more recognisable. Many people choose a pet, cartoon or something they’re obsessed with, such as tea!

Account Creation

• Sign up for the Mantid Slack channel; follow this link.

• If you don’t already have one, sign up for a Github account; follow this link.

  • Remember that your username should be easily identifiable.

  • You must have two-factor authentication enabled.

  • Contact one of the “Owners” on this list to add you to the developer team.

  • Set up Git on your workstation; see this guide.

  • The Git workflow is described on the Mantid Git Workflow page.

• If based at ISIS, please sign up for a User Facilities account that among other things, grants access to IDAaaS.

• Sign up for an account on the Mantid Help Forum; follow this link. We recommend using your Github account to sign up on the forum!

Introducing Yourself

• Post a short introduction of yourself to the rest of the team in the #general chatroom on Mantid Slack.

Admin Notes

These are notes for account admins on how to add new users.

• Github

  • Add the username provided to the mantid-developers team at https://github.com/organizations/mantidproject/teams.