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Git Essentials ??? Second Edition

You're reading from   Git Essentials ??? Second Edition Create, merge, and distribute code with Git, the most powerful and flexible versioning system available

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787120723
Length 238 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ferdinando Santacroce Ferdinando Santacroce
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Adopting a workflow - a wise act

Now that we learnt how to perform good commits, it's time to fly higher and think of workflows. Git is a tool for versioning, but as with other powerful tools like knives, you can cut tasty sashimi or get hurt.

The thing that separates a great repository from a junkyard is the way you manage releases, the way you react when there is a bug to fix in particular version of your software, and the way you act when you have to make users able to beta-test incoming features.

These kinds of actions belong to ordinary administration for a modern software project, but too often I see teams out of breath because of the poor versioning workflows.

In this second part of the chapter, we will take a quick look at some of the most used workflows together with the Git versioning system.

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