I recently received an email from someone who finished reading the 5 Secrets to Becoming a Drupal Ninja eBook. The question was how to set up Git for an already existing Drupal website. The question is a great one because almost everyone that uses Git now had this question at some point.
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In An Introduction to Git Part 4, you learned the basics of Git branches. You are now ready to push your Git repository to a Git hosting service such as Github or Bitbucket. After that, we will bring it all together and discuss possible ways to use Git in your next Drupal project.
In the last section, An introduction to Git Part 3, you learned about adding and committing files to your Git repository. In this section, you will learn about Git branches and how using Git branches can help your Drupal development process. You will also learn a few different Git branch methodologies you can try out in your own Drupal projects.
In An Introduction to Git Part 1, you learned what Git is and how to download it on your computer. In An Introduction to Git Part 2, you learned how to configure Git and create your first Git repository. In this section you will learn how to add and commit files to your new Git repository.
In An introduction to Git Part 1, you learned a little about what Git and Version control is. You also installed Git on your computer. You are now ready to configure Git and set up your first Git repository. Whether you are using Git for the first time on a Drupal project, or for the 100th time, creating your Git repository always follows the same simple steps.
If you are not already using Git on your Drupal websites or projects, now is the time to learn. Over the next week or two, I will be going over a brief introduction to Git in 5 parts. In the following post, I will provide a quick overview of Git and Git hosting services. In subsequent parts, I will walk through examples of Git commands and what they do. In the 5th and final part I will bring it all together with examples of how Git is commonly used with Drupal.