Collaborative Github Workflow
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| - | This description uses the project [[GitSharp]] as example | + | This description uses the project [[GitSharp]] a CSharp implementation of git as example. |
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| + | The '''main repository''' also called the '''upstream branch''' is [http://github.com/henon/GitSharp/tree/master henon/GitSharp]. The '''maintainers''' of this repository are responsible of merging in contributor's commits. | ||
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| + | == Contributor's Workflow == | ||
| + | === Getting Started === | ||
| + | If you want to '''start contributing''' to a project on github the first thing to do is to fork. | ||
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<br><br>.... work in progress ..... going to complete it in the next days. | <br><br>.... work in progress ..... going to complete it in the next days. | ||
Revision as of 01:45, 16 August 2009
Collaboration on Github is not complicated but also not intuitively clear for beginners because not all parts of the workflow are incorporated into the Github user interface. This description describes the structure of collaboration between the contributors and the maintainers github project. For every step in the workflow the respective git commands are given for reference.
The example
This description uses the project GitSharp a CSharp implementation of git as example.
The main repository also called the upstream branch is henon/GitSharp. The maintainers of this repository are responsible of merging in contributor's commits.
Contributor's Workflow
Getting Started
If you want to start contributing to a project on github the first thing to do is to fork.
.... work in progress ..... going to complete it in the next days.