Git Projects

How to start a project with git.

1. Elect a Project Lead
2. Make a list of tasks
3. Distribute the tasks among the team
4. Project lead creates a git repository on github.com
5. Add all team members to the repository
6. protect the main branch with branch protection rules
7. Implement a Git Workflow Procedure to control the development process

Git Work Flow Procedure for Project Lead

1. Create a new repository on GitHub
   • Go to GitHub and create a new repository.
   • Initialize the repository with a README file.
   • Add a .gitignore template file for your project type (e.g., Node, Python, etc.).
   • Add each collaborator as a contributor to the repository.
   • Create a dev branch

Git Work Flow Procedure for Collaborator

Getting Started

Go to the github project and get the clone repo url. And clone it.

git clone <url>

Continued Development

To start a new feature development you need to clone the dev branch into a new feature branch

git checkout dev
git checkout -b <branch_name>

Make changes to the code base to meet the requiments of the task.

//do something 

Save your files

Stage and Commit code

git add -A
git commit -m "msg"

Merge our changes into the most recent version of the dev branch

git checkout dev
git pull origin dev
git merge <feature_branch>

If code conflicts, resolve them!

Use the Merge Conflict Tool Reolve conflicts Stage and commit conflict resolutions

git add -A
git commit -m "msg"

Push our changes to the remote dev branch

git push origin dev

Release Procedure

Tag the release version

git checkout dev
git tag -a "v1.0.0" -m "msg"