Intro to Git for the Perl Hacker

This introduction to git is geared for a Perl hacker who is either a CPAN author without prior git experience or someone who is looking to contribute to a GitHub based CPAN project.

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1. Intro to Git! for Perl Hackers! ! ! Mark Allen! mrallen1@yahoo.com! @bytemeorg! http://byte-me.org! https://github.com/mrallen1! https://metacpan.org/author/MALLEN!
2. Distributed ! Version ! Control! System!
3. Fast! !
4. Tons of features! !
5. Uses lots of Perl internally! !
6. Perl itself and many CPAN authors use it.! !
7. Worst. Interface. Evar.!
8. 1.  Terms and lingo! 2.  Basic workflow! 3.  Topic branches! 4.  Starting and/or contributing to github projects.! 5.  Cool Perl stuff!
9. Terms / Lingo http://marklodato.github.com/visual-git-guide/index-en.html!
10. Terms / Lingo http://marklodato.github.com/visual-git-guide/index-en.html!
11. Basics subversion! ! $ svn co \! https://example.com! $ vim myfile.pl! $ svn status! $ svn diff! $ svn ci -m'My commit'! git! ! $ git clone \! https://example.com! $ vim myfile.pl! $ git status! $ git add -- myfile.pl! $ git diff! $ git commit \! -m'My commit'! $ git push!
12. Basics ! $ git clone https://example.com! $ vim myfile.pl! $ git diff! $ git add myfile.pl ! $ git status! $ git commit -m'My commit'! $ git push origin master! origin   Where   What  
13. I want to...! !create a new local repository! $ mkdir myproject! $ cd myproject! $ git init! Basics
14. I want to...! ! ! !copy a remote repository! ! $ git clone https://example.com! $ git clone git@example.com:project.git! Basics
15. I want to...! ! ! !stage a file for a commit! ! $ git add -- myfile.pl! Basics
16. I want to...! create a commit! ! $ git commit! Basics
17. I want to...! add to the last commit! ! $ git commit --amend! Basics
18. I want to...! ! ! diff against a commit! ! $ git diff! $ git diff HEAD^! $ git diff HEAD~4! $ git diff 1bc38 -- myfile.pl! Basics
19. I want to...! ! ! ! see commit history! ! $ git log! Basics
20. I want to...! ! ! !update a local repository! ! $ git pull! Basics
21. I want to...! give a commit a memorable reference! ! $ git tag mytag 1bec3! $ git push --tags! $ git diff mytag -- a.pl! Basics
22. I want to...! add a remote storage location! ! $ git remote add origin https://example.com! ! -also-! ! $ git remote rm origin! Basics
23. I want to...! push my local work to a remote location! ! $ git push! $ git push -u origin foo! Basics
24. I want to...! temporarily save my work
 and work on something else! $ git stash! # ...! $ git stash pop! Basics
25. Git commands ! •  are (mostly) scripts! •  bash, perl, python! •  you can extend!
26. Topic branches! ! •  What are they?! •  Why are they useful?! •  How do you use them?! Topic branches
27. $ git branch rt14322! $ git checkout rt14322! -or-! $ git checkout -b rt14322! ...! Topic branches
28. $ git checkout master! $ git merge rt14322! Topic branches
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58. GitHub Congratulations, your pull request was submitted!! ! Things to do now:! • Relax! • Have a beer! • Enjoy the accolades of a grateful Perl community!
59. GitHub Use META.json to list code repo location. ! This example is for Module::Build!
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61. Augh! My CPAN module(s) are in CVS or SVN!! •  I'm sorry for your pain.! •  Github has tools and guides to help you migrate!
62. Cool Perl Stuff! •  git-status-tackle! •  Git::Wrapper! •  App::GitHub! •  Pithub (GitHub API module)! ! Perl
63. Git::CPAN::Patch! ! $ mkdir Foo-Bar! $ git cpan-init Foo::Bar! $ git checkout -b quux! # ... hack hack ...! $ git commit -am "Add quux"! $ git cpan-sendpatch --compose! Perl
64. Resources:! •  https://speakerdeck.com/u/mrallen1/p/intro-to-git! •  https://github.com/mrallen1/Acme-Github-Test (fork, send pull requests, experiment, etc)! •  http://git-scm.com (binaries, docs, tutorials)! •  http://marklodato.github.com/visual-git-guide/ index-en.html! ! https://tinyurl.com/git4perl!
65. Thank you!! Questions?! https://tinyurl.com/git4perl!