A while back I wrote a post entitled "Why I chose to use BitBucket for personal and client projects". At the time, I found BitBucket very attractive because it permitted me to create as many private repos as I wanted for free. I could only have up to 5 people on my team, but that was not an issue for me. I find Bitbucket otherwise to be a bit of a pain in the ass. There is no comparable "gh-pages" branch, i.e. "bitbucket-pages" to host your repos live for the world to see. It really only serves ... Continue Reading
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Git Cheat Sheet
Git Basics* git init directory : creates empty Git repo in specified directory. Run with no arguments to initialize the current directory as a git repository. git clone repo : Clone repo located at <repo> onto local machine. Original repo can be located on the local filesystem or on a remote machine via HTTP or SSH. git config user.name name : Define author name to be used for all commits in current repo. Devs commonly use --global flag to set config options for current user. git ... Continue Reading
Free WP Git Crash Course from WP Pusher
Recently I took a course (that I paid for) about Github, and left it with more questions than answers. I am very familiar with Github as a follower of various WordPress developers and their plugins there, and have used it now and again for little WordPress projects I've worked on, but I have wanted to gain expertise regarding Git and Github for a while now. Last night, I checked into the Advanced WordPress Group on Facebook, and came across an update about something called WP Pusher. What is WP ... Continue Reading
How to remove an unwanted local repository in SourceTree with Command Line
So you may ask yourself "What is the big deal about removing an unwanted repository in SourceTree with Command Line? I mean, like, I remove unwanted local repositories all the time!" Well, the kind of unwanted local repository I'm talking about is the kind that incorporates all the files in your computer. "But how is that possible?" you may ask. I'll tell you. I am still fairly new to SourceTree, but have become much more familiar with it as a result of a "brain fart" I experienced last week. I ... Continue Reading
Why I chose to use BitBucket for personal and client projects
Recently I wrote a piece here about the SourceTree desktop app, which is a Graphics Interface Version Control Software from Atlassian. I have been using it for all my projects now. But I also wanted to introduce Command Line to my development work flow. I know that many people in the Open Source Software world and more specifically, in the WordPress Community, like to use Github. I even have an account there. However, I didn't want to pay money for private repositories. It would end up being a ... Continue Reading