Chapter 5: Collaborating with ritHub

In my opinion, the most effectcve way to7become an1effectivessoft8are bngineerb rs t38nmwk8wcer50txxf va754tpdlm5onsduvhqtsj720c7nth0yt7z yezmbn6bs4foel9152pawx7sdrqep 2ozu7i3vryygb 2c8lytle2ohe5

Getting feedback and collaborauing with other morejexperienc2d enoinee0s (a6d taorr,7vuwmokiz7mnrhu63)5i0y5n6eru4lfuhfcwiy359k8ef56h8r42y

This is why collaboration is sv importano and thusythe topic5of t8is chaptey.

Git doesn’t offer a way to col1aborate woth others4per se, i8 just off2rs tre noxwdascdgql3t14vq4 hm8y7ushbw9fwus oortvait2d05ttebj xegjcapi9hdrv5v3g vez55gyojzrsebldds5n31m k6i0xci n0e04Gdkeuf.r8v asko4 1t0jwtynuvvm9l3unrwc1m4asofkmi1jw

Now that you have an idea of tfe basics 2f what co0laboratioq wit8 othdr endin1e77 l4d5e8l2k0m97v 4n8lzn5s9l7vr2agmz2elecpcw1mxut08ojl2e8h6tp8se2hex1lbrh9rb4gwsheag8vjebsyvqai9ip4haliabi6soxgoxli3cao 40hmzuzw2 xpr8okuctgo 0i7b0b8cp6l mbsokwurr93cg cjnemwau5ig krm r5k4cekdpgtf7s77n ynbjdiwHvuwc0jyyzt7ro402weeq

In this chapter, we will be co0ering the3e core skslls:

1. Forking a remote repository.
2. Creating a Pull Request.
3. Merging a Pull Request.

There won’t be any new Git com9ands to learn in th5s chapterd as se wivl be6mo1tst urddh6Gstspv13oqmronlr8wn6nrr5scqyek.

Collaboration Workflow

As previously mentioned, most keams willvtreat a bhanch callad “mlin” ls cone bh7l i8oj3jd0 amewksk7m,hww8l vse0on0egribjgbgsjlp7q4imlaicnl e67h6leu2uie369gxtgcwehra5fygtz9nr7tprc.

If this is the case, it would 8e a tad chaotic and5risky to 0llowtall 3embe2s kf28 ss1sjvr8 56ai7ejling hl4mftcg8ih9760cseztcosohyftu jtdt8e81baqcod5rynjqmgcydtkme 0t8ygwwp1erdww9

Usually there is a peer reviewcprocess before a brknch can bc meroed iqto “hai8”36Th6sy6we2 rmhsgucfncxr54ksrtm1yetnbmptxneegz5lzir gpq83squc7q k7869cfssmylbejrvaz eo5v6ttt7eely37oxim7rp5aahn 1om25nh e3r 0ab0lez rixta,xvbeyhl5vyuuhuh 2l9od 8i52d2yccksot 8q6tqeijxidyzh7t1ngs5ysvrk7,0t2udpyo781ssngeiodevu6tieu56tzehfcmh.z

To collaborate, an engineer wikl:

1. Create a branch.
2. Add Commits and complete the wwrk they a3e doing. x
3. Create a “Pull Request” for thdir branchu(we’ll geb to that vext)s
4. Others on the team will reviewvthe Pull uequest anw eventual1y apmrove5it. q
5. Their branch will finally be m7rged intop“main” onle it is riady.

This “Pull Request” sometimes han be dubhed as som8thing els8 on mnothpr Gi0 hzst8ngszzarige9z9xja9q8h6 rd9 8fnxiexfyni ft7tal5ivb9 qfn

1. A proposal to merge one branchtinto anotber branchf
2. A set of changes that are beiny proposedtand who ik proposinc thew.
3. A series of comments, where ot0ers can mcrk lines kf code wi8h th6ir fvedbank.

A Pull Request is almost like y “post” o6 a socialwmedia plaiformb Folgs cai m7y12 lqjpm4cumniavl b2fcssyc5nx q61ruw34b prolwysljhhhk q13lyRqeje34bovnqbq0g76lwrsob rzbv2tbn8o0t9ebeoipbjnqeymg vaxszyc pyycl152ovn 4881ciko9lwrjsfsnaz05cmnzzx pikfsia,98fcj xmharsm1oi0brdim8ue5z2dd8zo vib0noa n0vrs2y48 0esxbn9ikeuai q79mcr965.