Using GitHub Efficiently

A guide to using GitHub in a team environment. Includes some tips, shortcuts, and guides for some of GitHub's core features.

This talk was presented at a private corporate event on April 20, 2017.

Transcript

1. USING GITHUB EFFICIENTLY
2. TOPICS Keyboard Shortcuts Issues Projects Pull Requests Sharing Code Noti cations
3. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
4. Press "?" to list all shortcuts
5. DEMO
6. ISSUES
7. TEMPLATES Organize templates in a ".github" directory Create a le named ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
8. ISSUE_TEMPLATE.MD ## Problem Enter a description of the problem you are encountering. ## Steps to Reproduce 1. Step 1 2. Step 2 ## Environment ­ OS: ­ Browser:
11. https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue- template-for-your-repository/
12. LINKING ISSUES
16. LINKING ISSUES Connect issues that depend on each other Link a pull request to issues that it xes
17. PROJECTS
18. PLANNING & ORGANIZING TASKS
19. CONVERT NOTE TO ISSUE
20. PULL REQUESTS
21. TEMPLATES
22. PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.MD ## Summary Enter a description of the changes in this pull request. ## Breaking Changes 1. Breaking change 1 2. Breaking change 2
23. REVIEWS Assign people to be reviewers of a pull request. Reviewers approve a pull request before it can be merged.
26. LINE COMMENTS Comment on speci c lines of code to give more targeted context.
28. SHARING CODE
29. LINKING TO FILES Press "y" to get a permalink to a le in a speci c commit
30. HIGHLIGHTING LINES Select a single line or multiple lines of code that can then be linked to.
31. DEMO
32. NOTIFICATIONS
33. CUSTOMIZING NOTIFICATIONS Settings --> Noti cations
34. If you watch a lot of repositories, turing off Email noti cations is helpful
35. You can also customize what updates you receive when you are participating in a conversation.
36. Turning off noti cations on "Pull Request pushes" can reduce a lot of noise. Rely on people to comment on the pull request again if additional changes need to be reviewed.
37. RECAP Using keyboard shortcuts to optimize ow Creating issue templates and linking issues Using projects to organize tasks and issues Reviewing and commenting in pull requests Sharing les and highlighting lines of code Customizing noti cations to reduce noise
38. QUESTIONS?