Create a repository specific kanban board to display issues as cards in a kanban board.
Needed a free kanban board to manage project inquiries and status for the bioinformatics facility as we can be managing 5+ projects at any given time. Turns out to be really useful for visualizing issues for any github repo.
You will need to generate an access token in Github.
Full instructions on how to do this are located here: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token
Briefly,
- Go to github.com/yourusername
- Click on your Avatar and open github settings.
- in the lower left bottom there is a link to Developer settings, click on this.
- Click on Personal Access Tokens
- Click on Tokens classic and generate a token. a) Note you have to save the token somewhere safe like your password manager. it acts like a password. b) If you need it again and haven't saved it, you will need to generate a new one.
- Choose no expiration
- Scope should have repo (top one) selected.
- generate token.
- Save this token in Dashlane or your favorite password manager for easy reuse.
- Git clone the repo.
- Go to chrome://extensions
- Toggle developer mode (upper right)
- load unpacked (upper left), choose the kanban github repo you just downloaded.
- Now that it is loaded you can select it in the chrome extensions toolbar in the upper right (kind of looks like a puzzle piece.
once you have entered your token, you should just be able to click on the fetch issues the next time you open the window as your token is now saved locally.