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Git is an excellent,[br]and industry-recognized

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version-control system.

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GitHub.com, the website,[br]makes that accessible to everyone.

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It's easy to think that you could

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host your Git repositories anywhere.

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There's plenty of services,

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and plenty of tools for you to host them,

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even within your own corporate firewall.

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But there's more than[br]just hosting your code.

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We're talking about changing software,

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and that includes all types,[br]and all facets of collaboration:

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filing issues, organizing repositories[br]so they're easy to find,

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being able to mention[br]the contributors by user name,

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and the ability to have control[br]over the inbound changes

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through the concept[br]that we call <i>pull requests</i>.

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All of these are facilitated[br]by GitHub.com,

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a collaboration platform[br]that also hosts Git repositories.

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Your first interaction with GitHub

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is likely through the <i>Explore</i> page,

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finding a bit of open source

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that solves a need[br]in your current application.

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But soon you'll find[br]you want to file an issue,

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or perhaps even[br]submit a change to a project

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that improves it, or corrects a defect.

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Those are all things[br]that are made possible

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by the GitHub platform.

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You'll find that we have solutions,

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such as an integrated defect tracker,

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and the process of pull requests,

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to which code change can get reviewed,

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commented on, refined,[br]and then finally accepted,

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even for people[br]that are not core contributors

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to the project itself.

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GitHub adds further innovations[br]that allow Git to go places

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that it wouldn't ordinarily[br]have been welcome.

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For example, we have an SvnBridge[br]that allows any Git repository

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to be treated as a subversion repository.

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This often facilitates a slow migration

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of continuous integration infrastructure,

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build scripts, or other automation

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that you've built into[br]your release process.

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GitHub also has the concept[br]of the <i>web flow</i>.

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This brings most of the GitHub operations[br]to the web browser.

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No cloning the repository to disk,

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no loading of Git software[br]on your local machine,

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especially if it's a shared terminal,

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just an editor, with syntax highlighting,

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directly in the browser,

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for any of the files in a repository.

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Rename them, move them,[br]delete them, add brand new files,

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change all kinds of things[br]about the project,

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directly from the browser.

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This means that Git is far more accessible

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to the members of your organization,[br]open source project,

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or company, than would be if[br]they required the desktop tools

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to interact with this repository.

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As documentation is recognized

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to be a critical part[br]of every software project,

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having support for Prose,[br]both in the repositories

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and in the surrounding commentary,[br]is extremely important.

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GitHub supports GitHub-flavored markdown,

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which is an improvement[br]on the core markdown language

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in issues, pull requests,[br]and even in documents

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that are contributed to[br]the core of the repository itself.

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Simply give them a .md extension,[br]put them in the repository

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as you would any other file,

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and you'll see them[br]rendered, with changes,

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as you would expect[br]from a document editor.

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Lines are struck out that are removed,

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lines appropriately show[br]where they've been relocated to,

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and lines that are put in as additions[br]are shown in green.

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It doesn't end with just[br]code and documents, though.

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We're adding support for things like

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[inaudible] models, an STL file format,

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and GeoJSON, for maps.

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Those render in the browser,[br]meaning that tools you'd ordinarily

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have to purchase and download[br]to your local machine,

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complexly set up, configure and install,

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now just render directly in the browser,

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making those files all the more accessible

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for anyone visiting that repository.

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GitHub is the unifying platform

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that brings together a web flow

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that would ordinarily[br]require desktop tools,

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both for working with Git,

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as well as rendering these complex[br]markdown, STL, and GeoJSON files

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into an online experience[br]that's easy to use,

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just moments after signing up[br]for an account.

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It means that collaboration[br]happens more frequently,

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with less friction,

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and more contributions get made

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to both open- and closed-source projects[br]because of this project.

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Thanks for watching this episode[br]of Git and GitHub Foundations

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on the GitHub Platform.

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Be sure to subscribe[br]to our episodes over here.

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If you have a followup question,[br]ask that down below.

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We also appreciate comments.

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And if you'd like some related videos,

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those are all right down here,

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including the use of pull requests.

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