About GitHubGitHubOriginally founded by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into the largest code host in the world. Tom Preston-WernerFounderChris WanstrathFounderPJ HyettFounderFriends Co-Workers Classmates StrangersTo share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. CollaborationManage teams1TeamsManage Teams with Organizations -- Whether you're running an open source project or a Fortune 500 company, Organizations simplify team management. With teams you can give your developers as much or as little power as they need, from the ability to create projects on behalf of your organization to read-only access on existing projects. Wikis2Gollum Wikis -- Our wikis are powered by gollum — an open source wiki engine created by GitHub. They’re backed by Git, clonable, usable offline, and accept a plethora of text formats ... Issue TrackingTrack issues3Next Generation Issue Tracking -- Every GitHub repository comes fully loaded with a next generation issue tracker so you can stay on top of bugs and focus on features. Assignment, labels, and milestones help manage large projects while Gmail-style keyboard shortcuts make Issues perfect for a simple TODO list or an open source project's bug tracker. Code ReviewReview code4Futuristic Code Review -- The year 3000 called: they want their code review back. But we're not giving in. Pull Requests are living discussions that streamline the process of discussing, reviewing, and managing changes to code. GitHub Pull Request = Code + Issue + Code Comments. Each Pull Request takes into account not only what you would like pulled but also where you intend those changes to be applied. From there your team can discuss the changes as a whole, individual parts, or even specific lines. Later commits addressing concerns or ideas appear as part of the discussion. Our pull requests are everything you've ever wanted in code review and more. If you're unsure, just check out open pull requests for some of our popular open source projects to see them in action CommentsDiscuss and commit comments4.1Commit Comments -- GitHub allows you and your teammates to have a detailed discussion about each and every commit that is pushed to your project. Should it be included? Was it done correctly? Should something else be added? Talk about each change to your code with everyone involved before releasing or incorporating them... GitHub allows you to either comment on each commit as a whole, or click on any line and start a conversation on that individual line.Branch AnalysesAnalyze branches4.2Analyze Branches -- Many people love Git because of its amazing branching and merging ability. This often leads to having many more branches than in most other version control systems, since they're so easy to work with. This can cause confusion in knowing what work is in what branch or the status of your various branches. GitHub addresses this problem with a unique visualization of your branches in our Branch Listing page. Here we list out each of your branches with a graphical representation of how ahead or behind each branch is relative to your currently selected branch. This means you can quickly see which branches have been recently worked on and how many unique commits are on them. If you want to see exactly what the total change is, you can click on the 'Compare' button next to any branch.ComparisonCompare any two branches in a project or network4.3Compare View -- With GitHub you can easily and efficiently compare any two branches in your project or network. It shows what work is unique to a branch with respect to another branch - that is, if you were to merge the branches together, what changes would be applied? The Compare View between two branches is often used by teams as a permalink to summarize changes in emails or hooks. The GitHub Compare View will show a list of all the commits unique to a branch, the sum of all the files changed across all of those commits and a unified diff of all of those changes. It summarizes what the branch represents simply and understandably.Code HostingHost code5Not your standard git hosting -- GitHub keeps your public and private code available, secure, and backed up. Stop hoarding code on your hard drive; it takes less than a minute to push code up to GitHub and start collaborating with others. It doesn’t matter if you prefer to use the command line git client, a tool like hg-git, or a graphical application like SmartGit— we’re dedicated to helping you collaborate easily and securely. Host private code for as little as $7 per month (of course public code is free). Save yourself time and money — host your code with GitHub.BrowsingBrowse source code5.1Browse source code online -- We’re focused on making your source code accessible and transparent. Anything you push to a repository is instantly viewable online so you can share it with people even if they don't use Git. The main page of every project is a list of the files in the project and information about the last time it was committed to so you can instantly see what is most important about your project: the code. File HistoryProvide views of each change5.2File History -- Every file in your repo has a simple history view. You can see each commit that changed the file and view the file at any point in time. AuthorshipMaintain a record of authorship of each change5.3Blame / Annotate -- Need to figure out who added that piece of code? Open up the blame view to see which commits and authors last affected each line. EditingEnable online editing5.4Edit Online -- Need to make a quick change to a file? Correct a spelling error on your mobile phone? We offer a simple editor to every file in your repository. Community6ActivitiesEnable users to watch repositories and follow user activity6.1Activity Streams -- GitHub allows you to watch repositories and follow users to generate activity streams. Our activity streams show you everything important that’s happening with anyone or anything on GitHub. ProfilesProvide a profile page for each developer6.2Developer Profiles -- Every developer gets their own profile page that is automatically updated with a stream of the important things they are doing on GitHub and a list of the Open Source projects they are hosting at GitHub. Many developers have started referring to GitHub Profiles as the new résumé. ExplorationHighlight interesting and popular repositories6.3Explore GitHub -- Explore is a section of our site where we highlight the most interesting and popular repositories on GitHub right now. Additionally, our comprehensive search helps you find repositories, users, and code across all of GitHub. SearchingProvide a search capability to help users find repositories, users, and code6.3.1Network GraphingGive project maintainers an at-a-glance understanding of the activity on their source code across all developers interested in it6.4Project MaintainersSource Code DevelopersMeet the Network Graph -- Forking is a good thing. We encourage developers to fork repositories often — even for the simplest changes. The network graph answers the question: What are people doing in those forks? The network graph is available on every repository on GitHub. It gives you as a project maintainer an at-a-glance understanding of the activity on your source code across all developers interested in it. 2013-10-15https://github.com/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net