Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The aforementioned steps will set up your project and lead to your first commit. However, it is ...

Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

Over the past few weeks I have been taking a closer look at how to use the text hosting and version control service at Anyone who has read my postings that already has some background in using the git ...

Starting your journey with GitHub can feel a bit like stepping into a bustling workshop filled with unfamiliar tools and processes. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by terms like “repositories,” ...

My IRC friends have been after me to use github for what seems like forever. I finally got around to building my very first github repository for an upcoming Ars article and I thought I'd share the ...