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22 changes: 19 additions & 3 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ repo.write('master', 'path/to/file', 'YOUR_NEW_CONTENTS', 'YOUR_COMMIT_MESSAGE',
Not only can you can write files, you can of course read them.

```js
// Retrieve contents of a certain file (assumes UTF-8)

repo.read('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {

});
Expand All @@ -43,9 +45,23 @@ repo.read('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {
Listing all files of a repository is easy too.

```js
// Retrieve contents of a certain file (assumes UTF-8)

repo.list('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {

});
```
```


Node.js
--------------

To use Github.js on a node.js server, include it with require():

```js
var Github = require("/path/to/github.js");

var github = new Github({
username: "YOU_USER",
password: "YOUR_PASSWORD",
auth: "basic"
});
```
20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions github.js
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Expand Up @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
// http://substance.io/michael/github

(function() {
var Github;

var API_URL = 'https://api.github.com';

Github = window.Github = function(options) {
var Github = function(options) {
var username = options.username;
var password = options.password;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -236,4 +236,18 @@
return new Github.User();
};
};

// Export the Github object for Node.js, with
// backwards-compatibility for the old `require()` API. If we're in
// the browser, add `Github` as a global object via a string identifier,
// for Closure Compiler "advanced" mode.
if (typeof exports !== "undefined") {
if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
exports = module.exports = Github;
}
exports.Github = Github;
} else {
this['Github'] = Github;
}

}).call(this);