Running a Project with Github

About Me

● Lorna Jane Mitchell● Co-Project Lead on Joind.In● Freelance PHP Consultant/Evangelist● Twitter: @lornajane● Site: http://www.lornajane.net

The Project: Joind.In

● Instant, public feedback for events● http://joind.in● Open source - hosted on github

GitHub

● http://github.com● "Online project hosting using Git. Includes

source-code browser, in-line editing, wikis, and ticketing. Free for public open-source code."

Version Control

● Keeping-place● Collaboration tool● History

Centralised Version Control

Distributed Version Control

GitHub

● Provides supporting tools to track● users● repos● changes● documents● source code

● http://github.com/joindin/joind.in

Joind.In on Github

● Wiki● Source Code● Bug tracking is actually on JIRA● Mailing lists and IRC

Wiki

● Overview● Contributors' guide● Roadmap

Source Code

● One main repo● project leads have commit access

● Users fork to own github repo● Changes come back via pull requests

Source Code Contributions

● One branch per changeset

● Branch naming conventions

● Guidelines from ZF:● http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display

ZFDEV2/Zend+Framework+Git+Guide

Bug Tracking: JIRA

● Migrated away from github● Atlassian offers free accounts for open source● Issue owners● Issue status

Mailing Lists

● Key link to community● Transparency● Users as well as developers

IRC

● Developers mostly● #joind.in on freenode

Openness

● IRC + mailing lists● Features under consideration● Platform/hosting changes

Projects on GitHub

● Great central resource● Maturing tool● Technology is not the whole answer

Thanks!