Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

Starting your journey with GitHub can feel a bit like stepping into a bustling workshop filled with unfamiliar tools and processes. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by terms like “repositories,” ...

In this post, we will show you how to merge two branches in Git. Branching allows multiple developers to work independently and simultaneously on the same codebase. Developers often create branches to ...

So recently there had been a few articles here on Ars talking about MS making contribution to git to make it scale, and how the big boys are all using mono-repo instead of split repos at some module ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Any programmer who practices branch based development strategy will inevitably end up with a ...

My IRC friends have been after me to use github for what seems like forever. I finally got around to building my very first github repository for an upcoming Ars article and I thought I'd share the ...