This presentation was given to San Diego PHP to express the importance of using a code repo, and how easy git flow makes using git.

1. WHY AREN’T YOU USING GIT FLOW?
An Easy Workflow To Follow

2. MORE THAN YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ME
• John Congdon • johncongdon.com
• Web Developer Since 1999 • twitter.com/johncongdon
• Sr Web Developer at Networx Online • twitter.com/sdphp
• Proud Organizer of SD PHP • meetup.com/SanDiegoPHP
• facebook.com/groups/SanDiegoPUG/

3. HOST AND SPONSOR
• Carl and Autofusion
• Lonnie Brown and The Jacob Group
• Recruiter Extraordinaire
• Very Popular in the PHP community
• @LBrown972
• lonnie@jacobgroup.com

4. AGENDA
•What is GIT •Examples
•What is GIT Flow •Q &A
•Common Commands

6. WHAT IS GIT?

7. WHAT IS GIT?
Wikipedia Definition: In software development, Git is a distributed revision control
and source code management system with an emphasis on speed.

8. WHAT IS GIT?
Wikipedia Definition: In software development, Git is a distributed revision control
and source code management system with an emphasis on speed.
•A distributed revision control repository
• Code tracker
• Built for speed

9. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?

10. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by
Vincent Driessen

11. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by
Vincent Driessen
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com)

12. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by
Vincent Driessen
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com)
•A
set of tools built to enforce this
workflow

13. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by •A workflow is just a consistent method
Vincent Driessen of branch/deployment management
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com)
•A
set of tools built to enforce this
workflow

14. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by •A workflow is just a consistent method
Vincent Driessen of branch/deployment management
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com) • My turning point
•A
set of tools built to enforce this
workflow

15. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by •A workflow is just a consistent method
Vincent Driessen of branch/deployment management
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com) • My turning point
•A
set of tools built to enforce this • Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow? by
workflow Jeff Kreeftmeijer

16. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by •A workflow is just a consistent method
Vincent Driessen of branch/deployment management
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com) • My turning point
•A
set of tools built to enforce this • Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow? by
workflow Jeff Kreeftmeijer
• http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/why-
arent-you-using-git-flow/

17. WHAT IS GIT FLOW?
•Adevelopment model created by •A workflow is just a consistent method
Vincent Driessen of branch/deployment management
• Known online as nvie (nvie.com) • My turning point
•A
set of tools built to enforce this • Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow? by
workflow Jeff Kreeftmeijer
• http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/why-
arent-you-using-git-flow/

18. EXAMPLE: GITTING STARTED
• Install git & git-flow
• Install git & git-flow autocompletion
• Start a Project
• git init creates a new git repo
• git flow init initializes git flow

19. GIT FLOW COMMANDS

20. GIT FLOW COMMANDS
• git flow feature [start|finish|checkout|rebase]

21. GIT FLOW COMMANDS
• git flow feature [start|finish|checkout|rebase]
• git flow release [start|finish] [-p]

22. GIT FLOW COMMANDS
• git flow feature [start|finish|checkout|rebase]
• git flow release [start|finish] [-p]
• git flow hotfix [start|finish]

23. REFERENCES
• The source
• http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
• Why Aren’t You Using Git Flow? by Jeff Kreeftmeijer
• http://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/2010/why-arent-you-using-git-flow/
• Git Flow
• https://github.com/nvie/gitflow

24. THANK YOU!!!
• Please say/send a thank you to Carl and Lonnie
• Please rate me on joind.in (both good and bad)
• https://joind.in/event/view/1031