Github 101 (notes)

[j15e]

First, sign up, then...

• Github profile
  • Set an avatar please please
  • Setup two-factor auth please
  • You can follow / be followed
• Votre premier repo cool? Vos configurations de développeur! j15e/dotfiles cloutierlp/dotfiles
• Repositories (favorites, watching, forking)
• Explore Github
• Organizations VS Users

Doing a pull request :

• Fork + patch
• Pull request
• Do it clean (commits-wise)
• Read project guidelines (don't introduce tabs if none, etc)
• Update tests if any related or add new ones
• Comments on PR
• Comments on specific line
• Notify someone @someone
• Who maintain it? Take a look at contributors graph + lib hosting (rubygem, npm)

Dealing with PR and issues :

• Be nice but clear
• Close early if incomplete or incorrect, as for a new PR/issue

Plus :

• Github Releases
• Other services : Bitbucket, Beanstalkapp, repositoryhosting.com, gitlab