Git and Github

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1. Git & GitHub https://try.github.io/
2. My Desk this morning… So What is Git and Why should I care?
3. Why?! BUZZWORD Bingo! • AWS • #DevOps • Docker • Heroku • Openstack • “Cloud” • Vagrant • Terraform • Puppet • Ansible • Chef • Continuous Integration • Continuous Deployment • SaaS • PaaS • Software Defined Networking • … and on • … and on…. • … and on … Why? Git has become a required tool for the modern IT Professional.
4. What?! Version Control Software, like git, lets us solve this problem… • ~]$ cp foo.conf foo.conf-$(date +%F)
5. Dude, what about SVN .. why would I switch? ?!! • Distributed Version Control as Opposed to Centralized • SVN has a client / server model, where as a DVS system allows all clones of the repo to be the *complete* repo!
6. What about this GitHub thing? • GitHub.com is an online hosting service for Git Repos • Provides Workflow tools, Wiki’s, issues, and pages for web hosting. • Pull Requests! • PR’s are pretty amazing! They promote collaboration and conversation around code review. • Easy integration with CI Tools like Travis-CI, Jenkins, or other services! • Collaboration! • Lets go do this thing! 
 https://try.github.io

7. Tools That Make Git Better • Hub https://github.com/github/hub • GitHub Desktop https://desktop.github.com/ • Shell Completion! • Update your prompt with your branch! • [user@comp puppet-splunk (master)]$ • Editor / IDE Integration
8. Thanks and please feel free to contact me anytime! Tim Hartmann tim_hartmann@harvard.edu @paxindustria @tfhartmann - GitHub