Saturday, October 29, 2022

What is GitHub?


Agenda

Why use Version (Source) Control Systems

What are Gitand GitHub

Basic GitCommands

Fundamentals of GitHub

Using GitHub in Project Implementation 


Why version control?

 Scenario 1:

Your program is working

You change “just one thing”

Your program breaks

You change it back

Your program is still broken--why?

Has this ever happened to you?


Why version control? (part 2)

Your program worked well enough yesterday

You made a lot of improvements last night...

...but you haven't gotten them to work yet

You need to turn in your program now

Has this ever happened to you?


Version control for teams

Scenario:

You change one part of a program--it works

Your co-worker changes another part--it works

You put them together--it doesn’t work

Some change in one part must have broken something in the other part

What were all the changes?



Teams (part 2)

Scenario:

You make a number of improvements to a class

Your co-worker makes a number of differentimprovements to the sameclass

How can you merge these changes?


Version control systems

A version control system (often called a source code control system) does these things:

Keeps multiple (older and newer) versions of everything (not just source code)

Requests comments regarding every change

Allows “check in” and “check out” of files so you know which files someone else is working on

Displays differences between versions


Benefits of version control

For working by yourself:

Gives you a “time machine” for going back to earlier versions

Gives you great support for different versions (standalone, web app, etc.) of the same basic project

For working with others:

Greatly simplifies concurrent work, merging changes


What are Gitand GitHub

Gitis a free and open source distributedversion control systemdesigned to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency

# GitHub is aweb-basedGitrepositoryhosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Gitas well as adding its own features.


How to setup Gitand GitHub

 Download and install the latest version of GitHub Desktop. This will automatically install Gitand keep it up-to-date for you.

https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/




BASIC GIT COMMANDS

Introduce yourself to Git

On your computer, open theGitShellapplication.

Enter these lines (with appropriate changes):

gitconfig--global user.name "John Smith"

gitconfig--global user.emailjsmith@seas.upenn.edu

You only need to do this once

If you want to use a different name/email address for a particular project, you can change it for just that project

cdto the project directory

Use the above commands, but leave out the --global



The repository

 Your top-level working directory contains everything about your project

 The working directory probably contains many subdirectories—source code, binaries, documentation, data files, etc.

 One of these subdirectories, named .git, is your repository

 At any time, you can take a “snapshot” of everything (or selected things) in your project directory, and put it in your repository

 This “snapshot” is called a commit object

 The commit object contains (1) a set of files, (2) references to the “parents” of the commit object, and (3) a unique “SHA1” name

 Commit objects do notrequire huge amounts of memory

 You can work as much as you like in your working directory, but the repository isn’t updated until you commitsomething


init and the .git repository

 When you said gitinitin your project directory, or when you cloned an existing project, you created a repository

 The repository is a subdirectory named .gitcontaining various files

 The dot indicates a “hidden” directory

 You do notwork directly with the contents of that directory; various gitcommands do that for you


Making commits

 You do your work in your project directory, as usual

 If you create new files and/or folders, they are not trackedby Gitunless you ask it to do so

 gitadd newFile1 newFolder1 newFolder2 newFile2

 Committing makes a “snapshot” of everything being tracked into your repository

 A message telling what you have done is required

 gitcommit –m “Uncrevulatedthe conundrum bar”

 gitcommit

 This version opens an editor for you the enter the message

 To finish, save and quit the editor

 Format of the commit message

 One line containing the complete summary

 If more than one line, the second line must be blank


Commits and graphs

 A commitis when you tell gitthat a change (or addition) you have made is ready to be included in the project

 When you commit your change to git, it creates a commit object

 A commit object represents the complete state of the project, including all the files in the project

 The very first commit object has no “parents”

 Usually, you take some commit object, make some changes, and create a new commit object; the original commit object is the parent of the new commit object

 Hence, most commit objects have a single parent

 You can also mergetwo commit objects to form a new one

 The new commit object has two parents

Hence, commit objects forms a directed graph

Gitis all about using and manipulating this graph


Commit messages

In git, “Commits are cheap.” Do them often.

When you commit, you must provide a one-line message stating what you have done

Terrible message: “Fixed a bunch of things”

Better message: “Corrected the calculation of median scores”

Commit messages can be very helpful, to yourself as well as to your team members

You can’t say much in one line, so commit often


Typical workflow

 git status

 See what Gitthinks is going on

 Use this frequently!

 Work on your files

git add your editfiles

git commit –m “What I did”




More Commands: Don’t Get Scared.

                                     GitHub Desktop can Help You





What is GitHub?

GitHub is a Software as a service (SaaS) platform from Microsoft that provides Git-based repositories and DevOps tooling for developing and deploying software.

It has a wide range of integrations with other leading tools.

Git : is a version Control system git also its is Distribued Version Control System.

Two types of version control  system.

1) Centralize Version Control System 








2) Distributed Version Control System 
















What does GitHub provide?

GitHub provides a range of services for software development and deployment.

  • Codespaces: Provides a cloud-hosted development environment (based on Visual Studio Code) that can be operated from within a browser or external tools. Eases cross-platform development.
  • Repos: Public and private repositories based upon industry-standard Git commands.
  • Actions: Allows for the creation of automation workflows. These workflows can include environment variables and customized scripts.
  • Packages: The majority of the world's open-source projects are already contained in GitHub repositories. GitHub makes it easy to integrate with this code and with other third-party offerings.
  • Security: Provides detailed code scanning and review features, including automated code review assignment.



What is GitHub Codespaces?

Codespaces is a cloud-based development environment that GitHub hosts. It is essentially an online implementation of Visual Studio Code.

Codespaces allows developers to work entirely in the cloud.

Codespaces even will enable developers to contribute from tablets and Chromebooks.

Because it is based on Visual Studio Code, the development environment is still rich with:

  • Syntax highlighting.
  • Autocomplete.
  • Integrated debugging.
  • Direct Git integration.

Developers can create a codespace (or multiple codespaces) for a repository. Each codespace is associated with a specific branch of a repository.

       


            

FUNDAMENTALS OF GITHUB



Introduce yourself to GitHub

Register on GitHub

 https://github.com/


Authenticating to GitHub Desktop

 https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/getting-started/authenticating-to-github/


Configuring Gitfor GitHub Desktop

 https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/getting-started/configuring-git-for-github-desktop/


Create or add a repository to GitHub

 Create a new repository on GitHub

https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo/


 From GitHub Desktop, then Publish to GitHub

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/adding-a-repository-from-your-local-computer-to-github-desktop/


 Remember to Publish, otherwise your repository would not appear on the GitHub website.



Commit your changes on GitHub

 From GitHub Website

https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo/


 From GitHub Desktop

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/committing-and-reviewing-changes-to-your-project/



Creating a branch for your work

 A branch is a parallel version of the main line of development in the repository, or the default branch (usually master). Use branches to

> Develop features

> Fix bugs

> Safely experiment with new ideas

 From the GitHub Website

 https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-deleting-branches-within-your-repository/

 From the GitHub Desktop

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/creating-a-branch-for-your-work/



Synchronizing your branch

 As commits are pushed to your project on GitHub, you can keep your local copy of the project in sync with the remote repository.

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/syncing-your-branch/


Viewing the history of your commits

 When you click a commit on the commit timeline, you can see more details about the commit, including a diff of the changes the commit introduced.

 Each commit shows:

>The commit message 

>The time the commit was created

>The committer's username and profile photo (if available)

> The commit's SHA-1 hash (the unique ID)


Revert your commit

If you change your mind about a commit after you create it, you can revert the commit.

 When you revert to a previous commit, the revert is also a commit. In addition, the original commit remains in the repository's history.

 https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/reverting-a-commit/




Fork & Pull: A Collaborative model

A fork is a copy of a repository that you manage. Forks let you make changes to a project without affecting the original repository. You can fetch updates from or submit changes to the original repository with pull requests.

 A great example of using forks to propose changes is for bug fixes. Rather than logging an issue for a bug you've found, you can:

 Fork the repository.

 Make the fix.

 Submit apull requestto the project owner.



Using GitHub in Project Implementation

In the section of project implementation in your project report, you may describe:

 How you use GitHub in your project.

 How version control helps your quality management.

 How you collaborate with your teammate in GitHub.



References

Some content of the slides are adapted from

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/getting-started/

https://help.github.com/desktop/guides/contributing/

https://help.github.com/categories/collaborating/

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~matuszek/cit591-2012/Lectures/git.ppt



Full course on YouTube

https://youtu.be/fNYwmqKvW4g?si=CnkYZeHR3Suzb3G3

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