Request for session: intro and advanced git / GitHub

[staeiou]

Should be 2 sessions in a row

[ickc]

I might be able to help on this depending on my schedule. (I currently have a group meeting colliding with exactly the same time slot. But I occasionally can skip it and come here.) Not an expert though.

Ideas:

• git:
  • what is VCS and why git
    • centralized vs. distributed
  • how not to use git
    • binaries files (instead of using .gitignore)
  • file conventions
    • .git
    • makefile
    • README
    • COPYING
    • COPYRIGHT
    • INSTALL
  • how to use git
    • atomic commit
    • git flow (a version of it)
    • protected master branch
    • git tag
  • advance use
    • modifying git history: how, when, and when not to
    • cherry-pick
    • squash
    • multiple remotes
  • Softwares
    • GitHub Desktop (electron based)
    • GitKraken
• GitHub
  • rules & ethics
    • don't spam on issue tracker
    • 1 person 1 account
    • GitHub Organization
    • GitHub Education
  • file conventions (in addition to git)
    • .github
    • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • issues
  • pull requests
  • wiki
  • milestones and labels
  • gh-pages
  • insights
  • visualizing git diff
  • templates
  • markup such as markdown (also support others such as RST)
    • GFM (new)
    • pandoc
    • ipynb
  • releases
    • binaries either .gitignored or here
  • badges
  • support outside issue tracker?
    • Google Groups
    • another repo's issue tracker for "support ticket"
  • use git properly
    • e.g. how to preserve git history for credits and bug hunting
  • advanced
    • git LFS
    • hooks
      • Travis CI
    • GitHub API (e.g. through curl)
• point out some helper scripts I wrote?