Anyone fancy imparting some Git knowledge?
Paul Gardner
Alex Moon
I usually lurk a bit on boards like these before I post anything but I notice you've not had any answers yet, so I thought I might chip in.
I've been using git professionally for five or six years. It's a brilliant piece of software but it's really only good at version control. It sounds like you might want it to do more than it's good at.
I've used git submodules and it was a bit useless every time. Dependencies are better managed with composer (in PHP) or pip (in Python). Deployment meanwhile I've done with git as well, though only in the form of a pull on the server side. Again, much better handled by fabric (or docker if you're into that).
Nevertheless I'd be more than happy to impart a bit of git-fu if you've got any questions. It's got a lot of power under the hood and can generally do a lot more than you think.
If you ever want to get in touch directly you can get me at this address, however if you post a few more specifics here I'm sure you'll find more git experts watching.
Alex
Paul Gardner
Robin Scott
Hi,
Interesting to read this as I've recently plunged into github for a project working with open source guys, having used SVN for version control for a lot of years.
From what I can see, github's primary power and reason for being is collaboration and version control.
If you're building a team and looking for a versioning tool to use with this team, it will do the job very well.
For the rest, I've very limited experience!
I would also be interested if there are any good "making the most of git" resources that anyone knows of.
As an aside, lots of people use it to check out developers for hiring purposes. Including me.
Regards,
Rob
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oli wood
I'm running a session for a local college about getting up and running with git and github. Would you like me to pass on the slide deck? It's a very practical session but it might be a good starting place. Atlassians articles are very good too.
Oli
Jason Judge
Paul,
I have found this article helps to link some of the commands with with is happening in a visual way, and is well work a read, and downloading the PDF to keep handy:
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
You probably won't need to work with all the branches that it describes immediately, but just understanding how they work, what they mean, and how and when you would use them, is pretty much vital to making best use of git.
The official git documentation is generally no much better than code comments left by the developer and to be read only by the developer, IMO, but Stack Overflow is a great source of help, as people explain git in a lot of detail there. I have also found that you should not read all the instructions and guides literally - there is no standard in how the example commands are presented, so for example when one gives "origin" as a parameter, you need to read between the lines to tell if it means "an origin", "your origin", "a remote origin" or the literal word "origin" (but only given certain conditions in the way your repository was set up). That has always been the biggest source of confusion IMO. There are conventions, and conventions, and everyone assumes you are using their conventions, and forget just how flexible git is, and how many different ways it can be set up and used, and that is where the diagrams in the link above really help to put it into context.
You can use git simply, not much differently to SVN, but that is not where git thrives. Get your head around the concepts, and it gets easier, but don't expect to be an expert - it's a rabbit hole that goes waaay deep. I hope that helps!
-- Jason
Sam Lambert
Jason Judge
On Wednesday, 24 February 2016 16:50:04 UTC, oli wood wrote:
I'm running a session for a local college about getting up and running with git and github. Would you like me to pass on the slide deck? It's a very practical session but it might be a good starting place. Atlassians articles are very good too.
Oli
Hi Oli,
Would it be cheeky of me to join the queue for a peek of this slide deck? I'm pretty much okay with git, but never got to the stage where the commands feel intuitive when trying to do anything.
-- JJ
oli wood
No problem, I'll sling it on speakerdeck when I'm done. Better write it first
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Paul Gardner
Picking a good workflow is probably more important than an advanced git knowledge. My vote is for the simple branch from master and merge back in via pull request.
Sam Lambert
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