Using Github

[Abhi]

How comfortable are you with using Github ? At first, I really had no idea how it works. It was really hard to figure out the concept and how it works.

 

[phenomlab]

Been a GitHub user for years

 

[Abhi]

How long ?

 

[phenomlab]

@Abhi Pretty much since inception !

 

[Abhi]

Is it ? What did people used to do before that ?

 

[phenomlab]

@Abhi Mostly SVN (Subversion)

 

[Abhi]

> @phenomlab SVN (Subversion)

That is ? How does it work ?

 

[admin]

I use one of those Github clients. Makes life easy. But make sure that you use a trusted one or you will end up compromising your sign in credentials.

Github themselves offer a desktop client for Windows. Not sure whether there is one for Mac, but none for Linux so far.

 

[phenomlab]

@admin yes, under Linux you are restricted to gitclone etc from the command line. Took ages for a decent SVN client whilst Windows (for once) was miles ahead.

 

[Abhi]

> @phenomlab under Linux you are restricted to gitclone etc from the command line.

Can you please point to any resource where we can see various commands to use Github / Gitlab ?

Something like a cheat sheet (?).

 

[Abhi]

Found it, the official one

https://education.github.com/git-cheat-sheet-education.pdf

Another one, not tested

https://github.com/joshnh/Git-Commands

 

[Abhi]

Github has cancelled all non-essential travel and

> In response to COVID-19 concerns, we’ve made some decisions to protect our employees, our community, and our customers. This includes suspending all non-essential travel and making Satellite 2020 a digital event.

WordCamp by WordPress also got cancelled. And, Google will hosting their event Digital, no physical participation.