Social Git

TotT: 2014

Personal Git

• Create a repository.
• Stage and commit changes.
• Branch and merge histories.

Collaborative Git

• Clone a repository.
• Pull changes downstream.
• Push changes upstream.

Collaborative Workflows

• Centralized
• Integration Manager
• Dictator and Lieutenants

DIY Git Hosting

• Git understands dumb and smart protocols.
• You can host read-only Git repositories on simple web servers.
• You can enable read/write shared repositories over SSH.
• DIY is best when your data is sensitive.

Git Cloud Hosting

• It's just Git.
• It will save you time.
• Many providers add bells and whistles.

GitHub

• Social coding mantra
• Growing by leaps and bounds
• Issue trackers, wikis
• Forks and pull requests
• Free for public projects

Demo: Central Repository Workflow

clone, pull, merge, push

Demo: Central Repository Workflow

Demo: Pull-Request Workflow

fork^*, clone, branch, push, notify^*

^* Not Git commands

Demo: Pull-Request Workflow

Review

• Collaborative Workflows
• DIY Git Hosting
• Git Cloud Hosting
• Central Repository Workflow
• Pull-Request Workflow