git flow

Gabriel Zigolis' presentation about how to use git flow

1. flow Gabriel Zigolis
2. GIT-FLOW GIT-FLOW ARE A SET OF GIT EXTENSIONS TO PROVIDE HIGH- LEVEL REPOSITORY OPERATIONS FOR VINCENT DRIESSEN'S BRANCHING MODEL. HTTP://DANIELKUMMER.GITHUB.IO/GIT-FLOW-CHEATSHEET/
3. CLI GIT FLOW PROVIDES EXCELLENT COMMAND LINE HELP AND OUTPUT. READ IT CAREFULLY TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING...
4. GUI THE OSX/WINDOWS CLIENT SOURCETREE IS AN EXCELLENT GIT GUI AND PROVIDES GIT-FLOW SUPPORT.
5. SETUP YOU NEED A WORKING GIT INSTALLATION AS PREREQUISITE. $ BREW INSTALL GIT-FLOW $ APT-GET INSTALL GIT-FLOW OSX LINUX $ WGET -Q -O - --NO-CHECK-CERTIFICATE HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/NVIE/GITFLOW/RAW/ DEVELOP/CONTRIB/GITFLOW-INSTALLER.SH | BASH BADWINDOWS
6. GETTING STARTED YOU'LL HAVE TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NAMING CONVENTIONS. $ GIT FLOW INIT START USING GIT-FLOW BY INITIALIZING IT INSIDE AN EXISTING GIT REPOSITORY:
7. START A NEW FEATURE THIS ACTION CREATES A NEW FEATURE BRANCH BASED ON 'DEVELOP' AND SWITCHES TO IT. $ GIT FLOW FEATURE START MYFEATURE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FEATURES STARTING FROM THE 'DEVELOP' BRANCH.
8. PUBLISH A FEATURE $ GIT FLOW FEATURE PUBLISH MYFEATURE PUBLISH A FEATURE TO THE REMOTE SERVER SO IT CAN BE USED BY OTHER USERS.
9. FINISH UP A FEATURE *MERGED MYFEATURE INTO ‘DEVELOP' / *REMOVES THE FEATURE BRANCH / *SWITCHES BACK TO 'DEVELOP' BRANCH $ GIT FLOW FEATURE FINISH MYFEATURE FINISH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEATURE. THIS ACTION PERFORMS THE FOLLOWING. $ GIT PUSH ORIGIN :FEATURE/MYFEATURE
10. START A RELEASE YOU CAN OPTIONALLY SUPPLY A [BASE] COMMIT SHA-1 HASH TO START THE RELEASE FROM. $ GIT FLOW RELEASE START MYRELEASE USE THE GIT FLOW RELEASE COMMAND. IT CREATES A RELEASE BRANCH CREATED FROM THE 'DEVELOP' BRANCH.
11. PUBLISH A RELEASE $ GIT FLOW RELEASE PUBLISH MYRELEASE IT'S WISE TO PUBLISH THE RELEASE BRANCH AFTER CREATING IT TO ALLOW RELEASE COMMITS BY OTHER DEVELOPERS.
12. FINISH UP A RELEASE DON'T FORGET TO PUSH YOUR TAGS WITH GIT PUSH --TAGS $ GIT FLOW RELEASE FINISH MYRELEASE FINISHING A RELEASE IS ONE OF THE BIG STEPS IN GIT BRANCHING. $ GIT PUSH ORIGIN :RELEASE/MYRELEASE
13. FINISH UP A RELEASE - MERGES THE RELEASE BRANCH BACK INTO 'MASTER' - TAGS THE RELEASE WITH ITS NAME - BACK-MERGES THE RELEASE INTO 'DEVELOP' - REMOVES THE RELEASE BRANCH
14. START A HOTFIX THE VERSION ARGUMENT HEREBY MARKS THE NEW HOTFIX RELEASE NAME. $ GIT FLOW HOTFIX START MYHOTFIX LIKE THE OTHER GIT FLOW COMMANDS, A HOTFIX IS STARTED WITH
15. FINISH UP A HOTFIX $ GIT FLOW HOTFIX FINISH MYHOTFIX BY FINISHING A HOTFIX IT GETS MERGED BACK INTO DEVELOP AND MASTER. ADDITIONALLY THE MASTER MERGE IS TAGGED WITH THE HOTFIX VERSION.