Source Code Management

Campus LISA

July 9, 2014Matt Critchlow

Manager of Development and Web Services

Questions

• Who is using a version control system in their current position?

• Who is using Github, either personally or professionally?

• Who develops code entirely on their own?

Background

• UC San Diego Library Development Team

• 6 Developers

• Open-Source repositories: 3

• Internal repositories: 46

Version Control

Source: http://git-scm.com, http://github.com, http://atlassian.com/software/stash

Github

• Social Coding – 6 mil+ people

• Collaboration with community projects– https://github.com/projecthydra– https://github.com/projectblacklight/– https://github.com/fcrepo4

• Best Practices are inherited

Stash

• Internal Projects

• Git under the hood

• User interface similar to Github

• JIRA Integration

Git Flow

Source: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Git Flow: Primary Branches

Source: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Git Flow Git Extensions

Source: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow

Git Flow: New Feature

Source: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Git Flow: Release

Git Flow: OH CRAP!

Source: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

Other Workflows

• Git Tags and Branches

• Spencer and Tom’s workflows

• Subversion has equivalents

• Goal: Consistent workflow that works for your team

References

Library on Github: https://github.com/ucsdlib/

Git Flow: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow

Atlassian Stash: https://www.atlassian.com/software/stash

Contact: @mattcritchlow, mcritchlow@ucsd.edu