A Brief Introduction to Magic

Getting Started with GitHub

1. Getting Started with GitHub A Brief Introduction to Magic git.io/GrokGit
2. Gist •gist.github.com -Use GitHub without using GitHub -No account needed -Syntax Highlighting -Changelog
3. Distributed Source Control wtf is source control?
4. What is source control? Alice and Bob are working together on a project. They each have a copy of the project on their computers. •Alice makes a couple changes to her copy •Bob makes a change to his copy How will these changes come together?
5. What is source control? Git allows different people to work on a project separately and then, some time later, bring all of the changes together.
6. Why use source control? • Made a bad change and need to revert back to a known good state • Want to see diff between versions • Want to see how long a bug has existed • Experiment without breaking working code
7. Why use source control? • Made a bad change and need to revert back to a known good state • Want to see diff between versions • Want to see how long a bug has existed • Experiment without breaking working code Tracking changes is what Git does !
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9. Git Structure • Repository • Commits • History • Branches
10. Features of GitHub • Hosted Repositories - Can be public or private - Students can have up to five free private repos - Can have one contributor, or many contributors • Built in Issue Tracker - Issues ≠ Bad - @mentions - Anyone can comment on an issue - Closed issues are saved in history forever - Pull Request is a special kind of issue • Can edit files (and commit changes) directly in the web interface
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12. • Fork - Own Copy • Pull Request - Share Changes GitHub Collaboration
13. •education.github.com/pack -Five private repos free while you are a student -Unreal Engine free while you are a student GitHub Student Developer Pack
14. Getting Started with GitHub A Brief Introduction to Magic git.io/GrokGit Getting Started with GitHub by Pat Hawks is licensed under a
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