Quickstart: from project to source

The shortest way from “I am new to this wiki” to “I am reading a project's source in the browser”. Three steps, about five minutes — no Git, no download, no account on the source system.

This page walks the chain once. Each step has its own fuller guide; the links are alongside. Those guides exist in German only so far, and are marked as such.

Prerequisites

An account in this wiki, signed in. Without signing in you see only what is explicitly public.
Nothing else. No Git, no access token, no account on the connected source control system.

There is no second permission system here. What you may see is decided by the same wiki permission that governs wiki pages — not by a licence on the source system.

Step 1: open a project

Open the project directory, Projects.

The directory page itself is written in German, but its main content is the project explorer, which renders in the language of the page you are on and shows only what your account may see. The list is recomputed on every call.

Each card shows description, status, the number of repositories visible to you, and your role in that project.

Choose Open project. Where a project has no project page yet, that control reads Repositories instead.

Fuller: Find a project (German).

Step 2: open a repository

In the project, choose the Repos hub. If you know only the repository name and not the project, use the cross-project list Repositories (German) instead.

Fuller: Find repositories (German).

Step 3: read the source

The Code tab shows the file tree of the current branch; folders expand on click. Under Branches or Tags you pick another revision; clicking one returns to Code, pinned to that revision.

Open a file.

Fuller: Browse source (German).

Check the result

The file is in the browser with syntax highlighting and line numbers. You installed nothing and downloaded nothing.
The screen's header names project, repository, visibility, your role and the revision shown. Visibility and role stand side by side because only together do they say what the screen permits: visibility belongs to the repository, the role to you.
The chosen revision is in the address. A link to a particular branch therefore stays valid and shows every person the same revision — not their own branch.
The content is read live on every call. The wiki holds no copy, and what is revoked from you is gone on the next call.

Next step

Depending on what you are after — all German so far:

I just want the files, without Git.
Which address and which credentials do I need to clone? — for which you need a personal access token, see What does my Git client authenticate with?
What do I need locally?
What does contributing mean here, and what may which role do? — and if your role is not enough: How do I become a contributor?
How does my change get into the project?