#Kitnic

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##Submitting your project repo

To have your project included on Kitnic it needs to be in a publicly accessible git repository (but it doesn't have to be on GitHub). If you don't know how to use git then don't worry, you can still create a repo on GitHub and upload your files using the web interface.

To register your project with Kitnic edit the boards.txt file, appending the full public URL to your repo (including https://, http:// or git@ ). Submit a pull request and Travis CI should confirm that it builds ok. We can then preview your page for you and can merge it so it appears on kitnic.it.

You will need certain things in your repository for this to work:

1. A directory with plotted gerbers, these will be rendered as a preview and offered as a zip for download.
2. A 1-click-BOM.tsv, this will allow others to quickly purchase the components required to make your project. Use the 1-click-BOM extension to help you make this and test it out.
3. (Optional) A kitnic.yaml where you can specify a website, give a description, pick a rendering color or configure custom paths for the two requirements above.

If you don't have a kitnic.yaml with a description we will try and find a description from your repo. If we can't find one the build will fail.

Kitnic.yaml format

Currently the kitnic.yaml makes use of the following fields:

description: A description for your project
site: A site you would like to link to (include http:// or https://)
color: The solder resist color of the preview rendering. Can be one of: 
       - green
       - red
       - blue
       - black
       - white
       - orange
       - purple 
       - yellow
bom: A path to your 1-click-BOM in case it isn't `1-click-BOM.tsv`.
gerbers: A path to your folder of gerbers in case it isn't `gerbers/`.

Paths should be in UNIX style (i.e. use / not \) and relative to the root of your repository. The YAML format is pretty straight forward but if you need to know more check the example below and the YAML website. Use this YAML validator to be extra sure that your kitnic.yaml is valid.

Some examples

So, the minimum required file tree is something like :

.
├── 1-click-BOM.tsv
└── gerbers
    ├── example.cmp
    ├── example.drd
    ├── example.dri
    ├── example.gko
    ├── example.gpi
    ├── example.gto
    ├── example.plc
    ├── example.sol
    ├── example.stc
    └── example.sts

A more advanced example could be something like:

.
├── kitnic.yaml
└── manufacture
    ├── advanced-example-BOM.tsv
    └── gerbers-and-drills
        ├── advanced-example-B_Adhes.gba
        ├── advanced-example-B_CrtYd.gbr
        ├── advanced-example-B_Cu.gbl
        ├── advanced-example-B_Fab.gbr
        ├── advanced-example-B_Mask.gbs
        ├── advanced-example-B_Paste.gbp
        ├── advanced-example-B_SilkS.gbo
        ├── advanced-example.drl
        ├── advanced-example-Edge_Cuts.gbr
        ├── advanced-example-F_Adhes.gta
        ├── advanced-example-F_CrtYd.gbr
        ├── advanced-example-F_Cu.gtl
        ├── advanced-example-F_Fab.gbr
        ├── advanced-example-F_Mask.gts
        ├── advanced-example-F_Paste.gtp
        └── advanced-example-F_SilkS.gto

with kitnic.yaml containing:

description: A more advanced example
site: https://example.com
color: red
bom: manufacture/advanced-example-BOM.tsv
gerbers: manufacture/gerbers-and-drills

Development

Requirements

• npm >= 2.1.6
• sass >= 3.2.12
• inotify-tools or fswatch
• ninja >= 1.5.1