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Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Kenneth Geisshirt, Emanuele Zattin(EUR), Aske Olsson, Rasmus Voss
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Git Version Control Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Kenneth Geisshirt, Emanuele Zattin(EUR), Aske Olsson, Rasmus Voss

Overview of this book

Git is one of the most popular tools for versioning. With over 100 practical, self-contained tutorials, this updated version of the bestselling Git Version Control Cookbook examines the common pain points and best practices to help you solve problems related to versioning. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works. You’ll get started by learning about the Git data model and how it stores files, along with gaining insights on how to commit changes to a database. Using simple commands, you’ll also understand how to navigate through the database. Once you have accustomed yourself to the basics, you’ll explore techniques to configure Git with the help of comprehensive examples and configuration targets. Further into the book, you’ll get up to speed with branches and recovery from mistakes. You’ll also discover the features of Git rebase and how to use regular Git to merge other branches. The later chapters will guide you in exploring Git notes and learning to utilize the update, list, and search commands. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll focus on repository maintenance, patching, and offline sharing. By the end of this book, you’ll have grasped various tips and tricks, and have a practical understanding of best-practice solutions for common problems related to versioning.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Setting up an organization at GitHub


Whether you have a commercial product or an open source project, there is likely a company or a group of people behind it. GitHub supports such a structure by allowing users to create an organization.

An organization can have repositories associated and it has members. The advantage of using an organization is that members might come and go (developers will get a new job, and leave), but the repositories will be associated with the organization so there will be no need to transfer ownership of repositories.

As a user, you can be a member of multiple organizations. It is common to be a member of your employer's organization but also of a number of organizations behind open source projects.

Getting ready

You will need a user account at GitHub. For this recipe, we will use the GitHub user johndoepackt. Any user can create an organization. 

If you don't have a GitHub account, it is time to create one. Once you have created your account and signed in, you are ready...