Git: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:21, 18 January 2011

Git is a free and open source version control system. Git is a more sophisticated replacement for CVS. You can find the official Git Moodle repository at http://git.moodle.org/ or mirror at https://github.com/moodle/moodle. The particular advantage of Git is its distributed model, making it ideal for managing local customisations to Moodle. It is also suitable for development of contrib plugins for Moodle.

Use the Git category link at the end of this page to get a list of all Git related pages.

Books and tutorials

Moodle specific guides

Installing Moodle from Git repository - TODO
Maintaining Moodle customisations with Git - TODO
Submitting patches and pull requests - TODO
Git repositories for contrib modules - TODO

Tools

The most powerful tool you can git is probably command line git. If you prefer clicking you can try one of the following, more information at http://git-scm.com/tools.

IDE integrations

EGit plugin for Eclipse IDE
Netbeans - early access official Git plugin for Netbeans
PHPStorm - commercial IDE with Git support

Frontends

TortoiseGit - Windows only UI
GitX - OS X only UI
SmartGit - feature rich multiplatform UI (free for non-commercial use)

Hosting

GitHub - probably the best hosting choice for beginners
Gitorious - free hosting running on open source code

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 * [http://progit.org/ Pro Git Book]
 * [http://book.git-scm.com/ Git Community Book]
-* [http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html Officail Git tutorial]
+* [http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gittutorial.html Official Git tutorial]
 * [http://help.github.com/ GitHub Help]

Documentation