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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)

Tips and tricks

Here are some tips and tricks that complement what you have learned so far.

How to transfer a repository to an organization's namespace

There will be times where a repository of yours fits better under the umbrella of an organization. In this case, you can transfer it under the organization's namespace. You are able to transfer repositories to organizations only if you are at least their member.

Head over to your project's Settings and in the "Danger Zone" area you will see a Transfer button:

A modal will appear where you have to confirm by providing the repository's name and the organization that you wish this to be transferred to:

If you are a member of the organization, in...