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GitHub For Dummies
by
Phil Haack
May 2019
Beginner content level
Beginner
368 pages
8h 22m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from
GitHub For Dummies
Index
A
-A
flag,
119
Abdalla, Safia (Microsoft developer),
307
accessing
existing GitHub projects,
77
–83
GitHub.com repository,
78
–79
Account menu (GitHub.com),
30
Account settings (GitHub.com),
19
Action buttons (Code tab),
47
Actions (GitHub)
about,
260
creating workflows,
260
–262
GitHub Marketplace and,
267
testing,
262
adding
code of conduct,
173
contributor guidelines,
173
licenses,
170
–172
reviewers,
138
sections to personal websites,
91
–92
sections to websites,
69
,
91
–92
after-hour conference events,
290
alerts, of repositories,
205
animated gif,
143
Anita Borg institute (website),
294
appear.in (website),
323
Apple source control integrations,
247
applications (apps)
AppVeyor,
271
code quality,
271
–272
Codecov,
271
–272
common,
270
–274
connecting with GitHub.com,
24
Crowdin,
272
customizing,
257
–259
Dependabot,
273
dependency management,
273
GitHub,
255
–259
Greenkeeper,
272
–273
GUI,
122
–128
hosting,
256
Installed GitHub,
24
,
198
installing,
259
Khan Academy Kids (website),
306
learning,
274
listing on GitHub Marketplace,
268
–270
localization,
272
monitoring,
272
–273
MyGet,
273
OAuth,
25
Probot Glitch,
256
–257
scaffolding,
313
–314
Terminal,
9
–14,
137
TestQuality,
274
applying labels,
82
–83
AppVeyor app,
271
archiving projects,
185
–186
Asset Store (Unity),
239
,
242
assignees, specifying,
139
assigning CODEOWNERS,
201
–204
@ symbol,
130
–132
Atom
about,
35
–38
components of,
74
–75
documentation,
38
following GitHub package for,
234
installing, ...
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