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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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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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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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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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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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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 / 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 ...
