Git - Project Management for Developers and DevOps Teams

Get started with Git-today! Walk through installation and explore the variety of development environments available. Understand the concepts that underpin Git's workflows, from branching to commits, and see how to use major platforms, like GitHub. Learn the ins and outs of working with Git for day-to-day development. Get your versioning under control!
Highlights:

• Installation
• Development environments
• Repositories
• Commits
• Branches
• Merging
• Hooks
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Workflows
• Best practices
• Command reference

List of contents

... Preface ... 19

... The Story of Git ... 19

... Everyone Uses It, but No One Understands It ... 20

... About This Book ... 20

... A Note to Readers ... 22

1 ... Git in Ten Minutes ... 23

1.1 ... What Is Git? ... 23

1.2 ... Downloading Software from GitHub ... 25

1.3 ... Learning to Program with Git Support ... 27

2 ... Learning by Doing ... 31

2.1 ... Installing the git Command ... 31

2.2 ... Setting Up a GitHub Account and Repositories ... 38

2.3 ... Using the git Command ... 43

2.4 ... Authentication ... 56

2.5 ... Learning Git in a Playful Way (Githug) ... 66

2.6 ... IDEs and Editors ... 68

2.7 ... Contributing to a Third-Party GitHub Project ... 76

2.8 ... Synchronization and Backups ... 78

3 ... Basic Principles of Git ... 81

3.1 ... Terminology ... 81

3.2 ... The Git Database ... 85

3.3 ... Commits ... 89

3.4 ... Commit-Undo ... 96

3.5 ... Branches ... 104

3.6 ... Merging ... 110

3.7 ... Stashing ... 117

3.8 ... Remote Repositories ... 118

3.9 ... Resolving Merge Conflicts ... 129

3.10 ... Rebasing ... 135

3.11 ... Tags ... 141

3.12 ... References to Commits ... 145

3.13 ... Internal Details of Git ... 150

4 ... Data Analysis in the Git Repository ... 153

4.1 ... Searching Commits (git log) ... 153

4.2 ... Searching Files ... 163

4.3 ... Searching for Errors (git bisect) ... 169

4.4 ... Statistics and Visualization ... 170

5 ... GitHub ... 175

5.1 ... Pull Requests ... 176

5.2 ... Actions ... 180

5.3 ... Package Manager (GitHub Packages) ... 188

5.4 ... Automatic Security Scans ... 193

5.5 ... Other GitHub Features ... 197

5.6 ... GitHub Command-Line Interface ... 202

5.7 ... Codespaces ... 206

6 ... GitLab ... 209

6.1 ... On-Premise versus Cloud ... 210

6.2 ... Installation ... 211

6.3 ... The First Project ... 218

6.4 ... Pipelines ... 220

6.5 ... Merge Requests ... 229

6.6 ... Web IDE ... 232

6.7 ... Gitpod ... 233

7 ... Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Gitea, and Gitolite ... 237

7.1 ... Azure DevOps ... 237

7.2 ... Bitbucket ... 242

7.3 ... Gitea ... 244

7.4 ... Gitolite ... 255

8 ... Workflows ... 259

8.1 ... Instructions for the Team ... 259

8.2 ... Solo Development ... 260

8.3 ... Feature Branches for Teams ... 262

8.4 ... Merge/Pull Requests ... 269

8.5 ... Long-Running Branches: Gitflow ... 272

8.6 ... Trunk-Based Development ... 277

8.7 ... Which Workflow Is the Right One? ... 280

9 ... Working Techniques ... 283

9.1 ... Hooks ... 283

9.2 ... Concise Commit Messages ... 288

9.3 ... Submodules and Subtrees ... 295

9.4 ... Bash and Zsh ... 305

9.5 ... Two-Factor Authentication ... 307

10 ... Git in Real Life ... 313

10.1 ... Etckeeper ... 313

10.2 ... Managing Dotfiles with Git ... 316

10.3 ... Accessing Apache Subversion (git-svn) ... 323

10.4 ... Migrating from Apache Subversion to Git ... 327

10.5 ... Blog with Git and Hugo ... 331

11 ... Git Problems and Their Solutions ... 343

11.1 ... Git Error Messages (Root Cause and Solution) ... 343

11.2 ... Saving Empty Directories ... 350

11.3 ... Merge for a Single File ... 350

11.4 ... Deleting Files Permanently from Git ... 351

11.5 ... Splitting a Project ... 359

11.6 ... Moving Commits to a Different Branch ... 359

12 ... Command Reference ... 363

12.1 ... The git Command ... 363

12.2 ... Revision Syntax ... 392

12.3 ... git Configuration ... 393

... The Authors ... 399

... Index ... 401

About the author

Bernd Öggl is an experienced system administrator and web developer. Since 2001 he has been creating websites for customers, implementing individual development projects, and passing on his knowledge at conferences and in publications.

Summary

Get started with Git—today! Walk through installation and explore the variety of development environments available. Understand the concepts that underpin Git’s workflows, from branching to commits, and see how to use major platforms, like GitHub. Learn the ins and outs of working with Git for day-to-day development. Get your versioning under control!·Get hands-on practical experience with Git·Understand branches, commands, commits, workflows, and more·Learn to use GitHub, GitLab, and alternative Git platformsInstallation and SetupInstall Git on your machine and explore the interfaces and development environments available: IntelliJ, VS Code, Atom, and more. Understand the interactions between Git and the command line.Key FunctionalityWalk through the core functionality of Git and GitHub: repositories, commits, pushes and pulls, branches, merging, hooks, and the importance of properly-written commit messages.Best Practices and TroubleshootingGet the most out of Git using best practices for managing Unix dotfiles, switching a project from SVN to Git, and more. Explore common error messages and learn how to avoid and rectify them.Git: Everyone knows it—with this book you’ll learn to master it!Git is a version control system widely used amongst developers to manage project code. It is an indispensable tool, whether you want to track changes in your own files, work on open source projects, or collaborate on complex application development with a software development team.As useful as Git is, mastering it is no easy task. You know the feeling: the Git command line returns an incomprehensible error message and you break out into a cold sweat. Did you just destroy the repository for the entire team? Will your code ever be the same again? Git: Project Management for Developers and DevOps Teams is here to put your mind at ease! The more you know about Git and its internal mechanisms, the better equipped you will be to use Git commands to your advantage. Before long, you’ll be able to resolve errors, avoid merge conflicts, and manage even the largest projects with ease. In this hands-on manual, expert authors Michael Kofler and Bernd Öggl provide you with step-by-step Git guidance. You’ll learn to install Git, use its interfaces and environments, work with the command line, and more. Brimming with tips and tricks, best practices, and key techniques for versioning and project management, this is your resource for all things Git.Highlights:InstallationDevelopment environmentsRepositoriesCommitsBranchesMergingHooksGitHubGitLabWorkflowsBest practicesCommand reference

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kofler, Michael (Prof.) Kofler, Bernd Öggl
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781493222896
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2289-6
• No. of pages: 407
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 24 mm x 256 mm
• Weight: 856 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; GitHub, GitLab, Repositories, abapGit, Computing series, Merging, Development environments, Commits, Hooks, Branches