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GitHub Essentials - Second Edition

By : Achilleas Pipinellis
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GitHub Essentials - Second Edition

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By: Achilleas Pipinellis

Overview of this book

Whether you are an experienced developer or a novice, learning to work with Version Control Systems is a must in the software development world. Git is the most popular tool for that purpose, and GitHub was built around it, leveraging its powers by bringing it to the web. Starting with the basics of creating a repository, you will then learn how to manage the issue tracker, the place where discussions about your project take place. Continuing our journey, we will explore how to use the wiki and write rich documentation that will accompany your project. You will also master organization/team management and some of the features that made GitHub so well known, including pull requests. Next, we will focus on creating simple web pages hosted on GitHub and lastly, we will explore the settings that are configurable for a user and a repository.
Table of Contents (8 chapters)

Learning about pull requests

Pull request is the number one feature in GitHub that made it what it is today. It was introduced in early 2008 and has been used extensively among projects since then.

While everything else can be pretty much disabled in a project's settings (such as issues and the wiki), pull requests are always enabled.

Why pull requests are a powerful asset to work with

Whether you are working on a personal project where you are the sole contributor, or on a big open source project with contributors from all over the globe, working with pull requests will certainly make your life easier.

Think of pull requests like chunks of commits, and the GitHub UI helps you clearly visualize what is about to be merged...