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Best github repository layout for snippets in multiple programming languages
I have to create a github-presence for an open-source organization. The aim is to distribute code snippets and reference implementations in different programming languages.
These contributions are ...
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GitHub access to repo: only with URL? [closed]
I'm finishing my dissertation and want/need to provide the source code of some analysis scripts I've used. I did all the version control with git. Because I want to publish the results generated with ...
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Can you use GitHub via a web interface? [closed]
Can you use GitHub online without having to use Git or the native client? I'm trying to find the simplest way possible to upload some code without just dumping a tarball on my website.
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Using one repository for the foundation of another
I have an existing website theme that I have built. I've been using github to maintain this theme, let's call it dragon. We are changing the theme entirely but we're using the existing theme as a ...
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What is the netiquette for forking other people's open source projects? [duplicate]
I started to get more and more engaged in open source development and I was wondering if there are any guidelines on how to properly document and maintain a fork?
For example, let's say you fork a ...
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Git submodule vs Git clone
I am working on an opensource project on github.
It has a subdirectory /Vendor in which it has a copy of several external libraries. Original maintainer of the project updated this directory with ...
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code review with git-flow and github
With regular git and github I can do a code review by simply creating a pull request of the feature branch I'm working on to the master branch. How would I do code reviews with git-flow? With workflow ...
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Proper Git setup between designers and developers?
Basically we now have 2 developers for an iOS project, 2 developers for an Android project and 1 designer doing designs for both projects.
Right now, the way we exchange designs and images is through ...
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Practical GIT Workflow samples [closed]
I'me new to DVCS in general and Git specifically. The tutorials and howtos I've found seem to trail off when it gets down to some realistic, if complex, workflows. I need some actual command lines to ...
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Can my GitHub and SourceForge account share the same repository?
I like that SourceForge can also let people browse your code using Git. But, before I even set up the project on SourceForge, I had a GitHub repository for it. Now that I have created my SourceForge ...
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Collaboration using github and testing the code
The procedure in my team is that we all commit our code to the same development branch. We have a test server that runs updated code from this branch so that we can test our code on the servers. This ...
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Conceptual difference between Git and GitHub
The last line of this answer prompted me to ask this question . I know to know at a conceptual level the difference between Git and GitHub .
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Why learn git when there are GUI apps for GitHub?
Given that GitHub provides GUI apps for both Mac and Windows, what are the benefits of learning to use git from the command line?
Currently I'm using their mac app to update my repositories, and so ...
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Gerrit code review, or Github's fork and pull model?
I am starting a software project that will be team AND community developed. I was previously sold on gerrit, but now Github's fork and pull request model seem to almost provide more tools, ways to ...
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How is the Linux repository administrated?
I am amazed by the Linux project and I would like to learn how they administrate the code, given the huge number of developers. I found the Linux repository on GitHub, but I do not understand how it ...
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Github Workflow: Pushing small fix branches to remote, or keep them local?
In Scott Chacon's workflow (explained eg in this SO answer), with essentially two silos (development, and master), if, say I have a small bug to fix (e.g. can be fixed with a few characters) is the ...
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Examples of non open source projects on Bitbucket or Github
Need examples to show management that these are used for source control and effectively backup of projects.
They will be concerned about having their source code off-site. If there are good ...
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Testing Git competence
I hire a lot of programmers for tiny tasks. I very clearly specify that the tasks can only be completed by making a pull request on GitHub. Unfortunatelly, so many programmers do not know Git and ...
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How does one handle sensitive data when using Github and Heroku?
I am not yet accustomed with the way Git works (And wonder if someone besides Linus is ;)).
If you use Heroku to host you application, you need to have your code checked in a Git repo. If you work on ...
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How can I organize personal git repositories?
I'm in the process of setting up a GitHub account with the plan of making a pair of libraries I developed as parts of some recent iOS projects freely available for other iOS devs to use.
I don't ...
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Should a github maintainer rewrite author's in pull requests?
I'm not a programmer by profession, but I do some coding and have used github some. I've run across what I find to be a surprising situation. I'm very familiar with git.
There is a project which I ...
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1answer
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Github for Windows search [closed]
Is there any way to search through github projects in Windows? The Windows application does not seem to have the search functionality. What I am interested in is to search through the commits of a ...
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How can I get an anonymous user to submit bugs on a private GitHub project?
Our company has a private GitHub repository for the project I'm working on. After a full summer of work, it looks like we'll be launching this week (wheee!). However, I want to include a "submit a ...
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Why should I push if I'm working alone in a local repository?
I'm interacting with Git through GitHub for Windows, which is funny since I'll never push my repository to GitHub. I'm working on it alone and it's intended to be used only by me. I noticed that my ...
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How to distribute a web app (that's hosted by the customer)
We're developing a web app that visualizes financial data. We have our first customer, but hope to get more. The terms are that
the customers pay a setup fee, to customize the app for their needs
...
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git extensions integration into VS and commit problem
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong - but I have the following problem. I made a clone of my repository on github on my harddisk. I commit every change to that clone using the "Git Pending Changes" view ...
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Managing multiple people working on a project with GIT
I'm very new to GIT/GitHub (as new as starting yesterday). I would like to know what is the best way to manage multiple people working on the same project with Github. Currently I'm managing one ...
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Two git repositories, one project
I am building an app using Code Igniter, it is being based on CI-Bonfire.
I am pulling in the dev branch of CI-Bonfire using git, I want the entire project to be git controlled as well, but I want to ...
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1answer
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Pulling in changes from a forked repo without a request on GitHub?
I'm new to the social coding community and don't know how to proceed properly in this situation:
I've created a GitHub Repository a couple weeks ago. Someone forked the project and has made some ...
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people fork my project but don't fetch from upstream - what can I do?
Several people have forked my github repo but they have not fetched-merged from upstream. So my original repo has evolved significantly since the fork took place, and meanwhile these people are ...
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Github Organization Repositories, Issues, Multiple Developers, and Forking - Best Workflow Practices
A weird title, yes, but I've got a bit of ground to cover I think.
We have an organization account on github with private repositories. We want to use github's native issues/pull-requests features ...
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Which commit should close a Github issue when multiple commits are responsible?
I want to close issues in Github via my commit messages, but I'm not sure which commit should contain the magic "Closes #XXX" string when multiple commits are responsible for closing the issue. ...
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How to manage github issues for (priority, etc)? [closed]
I'm new to github, and am looking for advice on how to manage issues. I'm used to having priority and other ordering options but see that none exist.
How do others manages issues during the ...
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How should I control the versions of my project on GitHub
I am trying to spend as much time as I can on GitHub nowadays (even I am the only person in team at work) to really feel how it is going to be like for a real world corporate application.
One ...
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Best practices for team workflow with RoR/Github for designer + coder?
My friend and I have started to try to collaborate on some projects. For background, I come from a PHP/Wordpress/Drupal coding background, but recently I've become more experienced with the RoR ...
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From TFS to Git
I'm a .NET developer and I've used TFS (team foundation server) as my source control software many times. Good features of TFS are:
Good integration with Visual Studio (so I do almost everything ...
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As a sole developer (for now), how should I be using Git?
I have multiple projects on Git that I eventually want to bring others into. However, right now it's just me and I use Git and GitHub very simplistically: no branches and basically just using the ...
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GIT - What gotchas should newcomers to version control be aware of?
I've recently started using GIT for personal projects, it's the first version control system I have used. After submitting a few commits on a project, then branching, then submitting a few commits on ...
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git / other VCS - how often to commit?
I've been a programmer now for over 11 years, and am just starting to get into version control for real. The places I've worked at have never really used version control (one committed at the end of ...
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Managing contractors on Github
I want to manage outsourced contractors to help develop our code.
The code sits on Github.
I wish to use a simplified version of this branching model: ...
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Whats the work flow with 2 people on a project
I come to you as a newbie programmer who's been working on his own project (which is progressing nicely). My co-founder has also been learning how to program and has reached a point where he could ...
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How can I get programmers to work together better on shared code with tests
We keep repeating "you have to pull first" (this is git and github by the way). Then you code a little, then get your tests to pass, then commit, then pull and push again. We give tutorial links, ...
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How does git/GitHub handle changed local and changed pushed repositories?
I'm working with a few other people on projects, and today I ran into a situation I'm sure I'll see often. One of my co-workers and myself had split up some tasks to do on the same project and began ...
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Public vs Private Repositories
Say I am developing an app for sale. Does it make sense to use a public repository for this project? Doesn't default copyright protect the code from someone else using it? If so, what advantages ...
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github team workflow - to fork or not?
We're a small team of web developers currently using subversion but soon we're making a switch to github.
I'm looking at different types of github workflows, and we're not sure if the whole forking ...
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Can I migrate a clone of Google Code repository into Github?
I want to create a clone of a Google Code repository, which I cannot download due to Country restrictions and I want to migrate that clone into Github, which I can use without any problem.
The thing ...
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Should images be stored in a git repository?
For a distributed team that uses Git and Github as version control, should images also be stored in the git repository?
For the most part, the images won't be changed. The folder containing them will ...
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Git Project Dependencies on GitHub
I've written a PHP framework and a CMS on top of the framework. The CMS is dependent on the framework, but the framework exists as a self-contained folder within the CMS files. I'd like to maintain ...
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Why should large financial/insurance companies use git and/or github
I work for a large enterprise (30K employees) in the financial/insurance industry. While "IT" isn't our main focus, let's be honest, these are information driven industries and the companies with the ...
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Why is bitbucket popular in eastern europe?
I was looking at google trends for bitbucket and github, and it seems bitbucket leads github in Romania, Bulgaria, and Latvia. Why is this so? Are there any historical reasons for this?
