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GitHub Essentials

You're reading from GitHub Essentials Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789138337

Length 178 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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GitHub

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Achilleas Pipinellis

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Brief Repository Overview and Usage of the Issue Tracker FREE CHAPTER

2. Using the Wiki and Managing Code Versioning

3. Managing Organizations and Teams

4. Collaboration Using the GitHub Workflow

5. GitHub Pages and Web Analytics

6. Exploring the User and Repository Settings

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Index

Learning about pull requests

Pull request is the number one feature in GitHub that made it what it is today. It was introduced in early 2008 and has been used extensively among projects since then.

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While everything else can be pretty much disabled in a project's settings (such as issues and the wiki), pull requests are always enabled.

Why pull requests are a powerful asset to work with

Whether you are working on a personal project where you are the sole contributor, or on a big open source project with contributors from all over the globe, working with pull requests will certainly make your life easier.

Think of pull requests like chunks of commits, and the GitHub UI helps you clearly visualize what is about to be merged in the default branch or the branch of your choice. Pull requests are reviewable with an enhanced different view. You can easily revert them with a simple button on GitHub and they can be tested before merging, provided a CI service is enabled in the repository.

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Authors (1)

Achilleas Pipinellis

Achilleas Pipinellis

<p>Achilleas Pipinellis is an open source enthusiast and tries to get involved in as many projects as possible. He was introduced to Linux almost 10 years ago and haven't looked back since. His distribution of choice is Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible system that adheres to the KISS philosophy. He likes trying new technologies, especially those that require some sort of special deployment. He also enjoys writing technical guides and articles that help people learn new stuff and strongly believes that comprehensive documentation is essential to a project's growth and recognition.</p>

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