Git & Open Source Collaboration

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Basics

• What is Git and Github• Other alternatives: SVN & Mercurial• Differences: Local, Decentralized and Online

publicizing• Development Workflows– Branch & Merge– Git flow– Pull Requests– DevOps integrations

Getting Started

• UI tools: Github, Source Tree, All• Command line: Mac xcode, Window SCM,

Linux Package Managers• Concepts– Local Repository– Branching & Merging– Push branch to online for collaboration– Fork and Pull requests

Command Line

• git init• git add, git diff, git commit• git push origin master, git pull, git fetch• git log• git branch, git checkout, git merge• git stash• git reset, git rm

Open Source

• Github.com defacto standard• Github Issues & Wiki for collaboration• Fork & submit Pull requests to work with

other developers• Why Open Source• Licensing Models

Pull Requests

Pull Request Steps

1. Create feature in local repo/dedicated branch.2. Push branch to Bitbucket/Github.3. Files pull request4. Team reviews the code, discusses it, and alters

it.5. Project maintainer merges the feature into the

official repository and closes the pull request.

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/making-a-pull-request

Git Flow

http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

DevOps

• Issues and Smart Commits• Slack and chat notifications• Continuous Integration & Deployment• Infrastructure deployment with version

control• Jupyter Notebooks