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Coby Chapple
June 03, 2015
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GitHub Flow — AWS Summit Tokyo 2015
Here are the slides for the presentation on GitHub Flow I gave at AWS Summit Tokyo in June, 2015.
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June 03, 2015
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5,000,000 10,000,000 15,000,000 20,000,000 25,000,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2013 2014 2015 (YTD) DEVELOPERS ARE COLLABORATING ON PROJECTS ON GITHUB RIGHT NOW 9.7 MILLION 23.3 MILLION
293 Employees 65% Remote !
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COMPANY PRODUCT WORKFLOW VALUES
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Use the simplest possible system that will work for your
team. Scott Chacon @schacon // GitHub Co-founder http://scottchacon.com/2011/08/31/github-flow.html
SIMPLE KEEP IT
FLOW GITHUB
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MASTER FEATURE BRANCH PULL REQUEST
DEPLOY BUILD REVIEW
Build, review, deploy. All good development goes through these phases,
but GitHub turns it into flow. Chris Wanstrath @defunkt // GitHub Co-founder, CEO
#★ Approachable ★ Lightweight ★ Scalable
NOT JUST FOR SOFTWARE ✨&
github / ! github
github support blog-posts product docs github sales projects training community
/ ! github
COMPANY-WIDE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
KAIZEN վળ
FEATURE DEVELOPMENT AT GITHUB & SHIP IT!
& & &
& & &
& & & New Issue
& & &
& & &
& & &
& & & QUICK PULL REQUEST
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& & &
& & & HUBOT github / hubot '
& & &
& & &
& & &
& & &
& & & % Merge Pull Request
& & &
& & & ✨)
& & &
& & & MASTER FEATURE BRANCH PULL REQUEST LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
& & &
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& & &
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WHY SO MANY OPTIONS?
& & &
& & & PULL REQUEST DISCUSS BRANCH DEPLOY
& & & $ $ " # %
" % & & & $ $ $ # $
$ $ -
& & & #⚡ % Merge Pull Request ✨)
& & &
& & & FEATURE FLAGS
& & & def new_feature_enabled? … end
& & & if new_feature_enabled? // New functionality else //
Current functionality end
& & & def new_feature_enabled? preview_features? end
& & & def new_feature_enabled? preview_features? && team_access?(:some_team) end
& & & def new_feature_enabled? true end
& & & jnunemaker / flipper '
& & &
& & & DARK SHIPPING
& & &
& & & #★ Realistic load ★ Minimal impact ★
Allows iteration
& & & PRR PRODUCTION READINESS REVIEW
& & & QUESTIONS ★ General ★ Dependencies ★ Fallbacks
★ Performance ★ Documentation ★ Security
& & & PSHC POST-SHIP HEALTH CHECK
& & & PRR PSHC
& & & PRR PSHC ★ 1 month ★ 3
months ★ 6 months
& & & PRR PSHC ★ 1 month ★ 3
months ★ 6 months FEEDBACK
& & & PRR PSHC ★ 1 month ★ 3
months ★ 6 months FEEDBACK
& & & LEARN FROM THE PAST.
COMMON QUESTIONS ?
LARGE TEAMS?
TOO SIMPLE TO BE TRUE?
IF THINGS GO WRONG?
WHAT ABOUT CLEAN HISTORY?
TRUST IS HARD!
WHEN TO USE GITHUB FLOW?
TRY IT. PICK WHAT WORKS
IT WORK !MAKING
WRITE GOOD DOCS.
INVEST IN AUTOMATION.
BUILD TRUST.
DISCUSS EARLY.
QUESTION COMPLEXITY.
EMBRACE FLOW.
Thank you! cobyism 0 cobyism.com (
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