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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

Tools

GitHub

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Achilleas Pipinellis

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributors

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

1. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Index

Appendix 1. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Git Version Control Cookbook Aske Olsson, Rasmus Voss

ISBN: 978-1-78216-845-4

Understand the Git data model and how you can navigate the database with simple commands
Learn how you can recover lost commits/files
Discover how you can force rebase on some branches and use regular Git merge on other branches
Extract metadata from a Git repository
Familiarize yourself with Git notes
Discover how you can work offline with Git
Debug with Git and use various techniques to find the faulty commit

Git Essentials - Second Edition Ferdinando Santacroce

ISBN: 978-1-78712-072-3

Master Git fundamentals
Be able to "visualize," even with the help of a valid GUI tool
Write principal commands in a shell
Figure out the right strategy to run change your daily work with few or no annoyances
Explore the tools used to migrate to Git from the Subversion versioning system without losing your development history
Plan new projects and repositories with ease, using online services, or local network resources

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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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