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.
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 optimal way of doing that:
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 is administrated. For example the following commit: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/31fd84b95eb211d5db460a1dda85e004800a7b52
Is it OK to push my code to GitHub while it is still in early development?
I have some projects that are in a very early development state. They are nowhere nearing completion but I do host them (as public repos) on GitHub because:
GitHub OS project how to have a good version and a work in progress version
I have started my own OS application, I am hosting it on GitHub. My problem is that I push changes to the repository from more than one location so sometimes I want to work on it and sometimes I can’t always finish something in time but I would still like to push it anyway so I can fetch it later from my other location. I’d like to be able to somehow have a stable version and have the master branch be a ‘work in progress’.
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 visualize commits, and ease of use.
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?
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 .
Security issue about making my code public in GitHub
I’m developing a big community/forum website and I’d like to upload my code to GitHub to have at least some sort of version control over it (because I have nothing other than a .rar file as a backup, not even SVN), to let others contribute to the project, and also perhaps using it to let my potential future employers see some of my code as some sort of curriculum.
How to deal with well-meaning open-source contributors?
If a programmer contacts you and asks to contribute to your project, how do you handle it?