Development/Git

This is the hub page for all information about the use of Git by KDE.

KDE and Git

This section provides details on using the KDE Git infrastructure. This is intended for use by KDE developers to find out how KDE uses Git and how to set up Git for use with KDE.

The KDE Git System Administrators Manual is a useful resource for more details on the technical implementation of the KDE Git infrastructure.

For more information on how the KDE Git Repositories are organized, please see the Sources page or the KDE Git Projects page.

Please note that some KDE modules are still using SVN, for more details read the Using Subversion with KDE page.

KDE Git Configuration

How to configure Git for use with the KDE infrastructure.

Please see the Git Configuration page.

KDE Git Policies

KDE policies on Git. More generic development policies go elsewhere.

No formal workflow policy currently exists, but a number of draft proposals have been made:

• Development/Git/Simple_Workflow
• Development/Git/Feature_Branch_Workflow
• Development/Tutorials/Git/Feature_Development_Workflow
• http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Git_Workflow

The SVN Commit Policy is being reviewed to be replaced with a new Commit Policy applying to both SVN and Git:

• Policies/Commit Policy

KDE Git Recipes

Short recipes for using Git with the KDE infrastructure.

Please see the Git Recipes page.

KDE Git Tutorials

More in-depth instructions in using Git.

• A quick step-by-step guide for getting started

• Creating a patch

Please help filling this section by

• checking the links at the bottom of the page and see which still have valid content
• write tutorials yourself

External Git Resources

Links to useful external sites about Git

Official Documentation

• Links to git official documentation

Git for SVN Users

• The git-svn Crash Course

Git books

• Pro Git - An easy to understand book on git (CC licensed).

• The git community book, also as a pdf

Tutorials

• Git Magic - A good intro to git (in several languages!)

• The Git Parable

- Essential reading if you want to truly understand git.

• Git Screencasts

• tryGit A 15 minute online interactive tutorial

Cheat Sheets

• Quick reference

• Illustrated git cheat sheet

(broken image, get it from Media:Zrusin-git-cheat-sheet-medium.png)

Documentation Changes

KDE Documentation Review

Existing Pages For Review

Existing KDE pages about Git, SVN, and/or buildinga KDE that need to be revised. When revising pages try to split the generic development and revision control policies separate from Git specific stuff. Do not refer to "the KDE Git Repository" but instead the "KDE Code Repository". Lots of small simple pages that are less daunting to newbies and can be linked to from multiple locations are preferred to massive walls of text.

Keep:

• Basics

• Git-svn

• Kde-qt

• The Amarok Git Tutorial

On community.kde.org:

• Git-KDE Manual

• Git Workflow Agenda

• Git Workflow Agenda, Steve's Idea

On techbase.kde.org:

• Getting Started

• Prerequisites

• Subversion on Windows

• Increase Productivity with Scripts

• Kdesrc-build

• Anonymous SVN

• Subversion with KDE

• Using an IDE with KDE 4

• SVN Commit Policy

• SVN Guidelines

• Development Tools

• Git Recipes

• Decoding Git

• Git with Rekonq How-to

• Subversion

• Move to Git

• Steps to Move

• Get a SVN Account

• First Steps with your KDE SVN Account

There are also numerous other pages referring to "the KDE SVN/subversion repositories" which should be replaced with the generic "KDE code repositories".

There are also numerous translated pages which will need to be updated once the original pages are completed.

New Page Structure

• Getting Started

• Getting_Started/Build

• Getting_Started/Build/Environment

• Getting_Started/Build/Requirements

• Getting_Started/Build/Q

• Getting_Started/Build/KdeSupport

• Getting_Started/Build/Windows

• Getting_Started/Build/Mac_OS_X

• Getting_Started/Run/Shell

• Getting_Started/Run/Nested_Session

• Getting_Started/Run/Full_Session>