Moving to Git-based Version Control with Small Teams
Monday, October 20th, 2014
Presenters
- Waylon Baumgardner – California Baptist University
Location: Pavilion Ballroom West
Version control has become increasingly important as websites have matured into complex, data-driven applications. The execution of a version control solution, especially with smaller teams, can be daunting. This presentation is meant to provide a brief overview of the various reasons for version control, how to properly plan a migration to version control (especially those leveraging content management systems and/or have no version control in place), and how to execute that plan based on first-hand experience. Just because you have a small team does not mean that version control is not important, nor does it mean that it is intended exclusively for bigger teams. Have a small team? You, too, can join the version control club!
Notes:
Small team, just like us.
Phases:
- Hosting?
- Github & Bitbucket (free/cheap hosted)
- Self host: Git (source)m or GitLab
- Figure out workflow
- Decide who gets access
- Implement a workflow
- Push your first commit!
- Evaluate what is working.
Use .gitignore to hide