Git

In this article, we’re going to learn how to connect a local project to a Github repository and—on the flip side—how to “clone” a GitHub repository to your computer. We have already demonstrated how you can use your InMotion Hosting account as a Git server, but we are using free Github hosting in this example. Read More >

Now that you have created an account with GitHub, you are ready to create a new repository. This would be a good time to check out our Git guide on using remote repositories. Basically, remote repositories are important for the following reasons: Provides a “hub” for your code Supports collaboration Decentralizes your code to protect Read More >

In this article, we will be learning how to deploy a project with Git. The goal is to take a project under Git version control and deploy a live “production” version. This can be used to host scripts that are edited frequently or even to launch a static website (or the static files of a Read More >

Git allows you to do work in new “branches” separate from your main “master” branch. In effect, “checking out” a branch means actually copying and swapping your working directory files, so you can change them as you please, and switch back to another branch later. This means you can do as much testing and tinkering Read More >

You can use Git locally to manage file versions, but more power comes when you distribute your work and allows other to collaborate. You can accomplish this by “pushing” and “pulling” content to and from a remote server locations. In this example, of course, we will be using an InMotion Hosting server to demonstrate setting Read More >

Throughout the life of your project, you will reach various milestones. With Git, we mark significant improvements and modifications with commits, but often there will be events that will require more annotation, such as version changes. In this article, you’ll learn about how to use tags in Git to mark significant events in the life Read More >

You may remember in our previous articles, we learned how to commit changes in our project to Git. We also learned how to add tags to various commits in order to mark special milestones. Now we’re going to learn how to “sign” tags and commits with GPG. Signing commits and tags is a way of Read More >

Now that we have learned how to install git and start adding files to our staging index, we can now learn how to how to commit changes in Git. Committing tracked files to the repository means that we are adding changes to the permanent record of the project. Imagine this process as similar to recording Read More >

In this introduction to Git, you will learn how to use git with your InMotion Hosting server. There are many popular hosting platforms available for Git such as Github, Bitbucket, and more. However, if you are interested in managing your own Git repositories on a private server, this is the tutorial series for you. There Read More >