Forward Fest 2017 - "How to Make Github Magical"
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The document presents a lightning talk by Hilary Stohs-Krause on making GitHub more engaging through creative command aliases inspired by the Harry Potter series. It suggests customizing the .gitconfig file with whimsical spell names for typical Git commands to enhance the user experience. The talk emphasizes the importance of using the right commands to avoid mistakes while making programming enjoyable.
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Forward Fest 2017 - "How to Make Github Magical"
- 1. How to Make Github Magical Hilary Stohs-Krause Ten Forward Consulting @hilarysk
- 2. This is a
- 8. PROGRAMMING Computers are like digital cauldrons: When you mix the right ingredients, it’s magical … but when you get it wrong, it just makes a big old mess. (And it’s really, really easy to get it wrong.)
- 10. “It’s a semi-colon, NOT a comma!”
- 11. Think of Github as one of our spellbooks.
- 12. git push
- 16. git push git pull git branch git fetch git checkout gitmerge git stash git status git commit git add git diff
- 18. But that’s boring. Let’s make it more fun.
- 19. STEP 1: Open your gitconfig file. lime ~/.gitconfig subl ~/.gitconfig touch ~/.gitconfig
- 20. STEP 2: Choose your aliases, and include them under [alias]. For example: avada-kedavra = branch -d
- 21. That’s it!
- 22. That’s it! Now you can do ....
- 24. git avada-kedavra git engorgio git reparifarge git alohomora git lumos git aparecium git erecto
- 25. git avada-kedavra git engorgio git reparifarge git alohomora git deletrius gitaccio git lumos git reparo git aparecium git erecto git revelio
- 27. accio = pull alohomora = checkout aparecium = stash pop avada-kedavra = branch -d deletrius = remote prune origin engorgio = merge epoximise = commit -m erecto = add evanesco = stash expelliarmus = push geminio = branch -m lumos = diff reparifarge = checkout master -- db/schema.rb reparo = commit --amend revelio = status