Let’s start with some vocabulary and definitions to build upon. I hope I’m talking to people who care a lot about words. GitHub definitions and parallels for information
#Gitbook editor no branch found full#
Unlike traditional source code management, branches are not full copies of the entire code base so they are “cheap” and “fast.” The more Agile techniques are applied to documentation, the You can keep docs in a source code repository then the developers will review all your changes before merging them in. That said, I’ve found git and GitHub for docs quite practical and even inspirational. Git has a non-linear branching model that can take some learning to get used to. With GitHub, you can work separately and bring it all together later. This model is the opposite of using a “lock and checkout” model, where no one else can work on the piece at the same time as you. To work with others on a project (code or docs), you merge files. GitHub is the web interface for git the command-line tool, that works well on Linux, Mac, or Windows.
#Gitbook editor no branch found pro#
Read the history in the excellent Pro Git Book. Like many tools, git and GitHub were created by fire - through a pressing need for performant and efficient source control management for the Linux kernel. The social web leads to social coding, leads to social documentation. I’ve found that the principles inherent to the social web for coding work extremely well for documentation. I’ve seen this vision come to life and want to share my experiences so more people can learn these techniques. I hope you’re wondering, “What would happen if we treated docs like code?”īelieve me, your fellow software builders are wondering, experimenting, or already starting down this road. Hey, let’s also get access to the developer playground and fun equipment! Let’s play on the slides and swings while we make cool and beautiful documentation, side-by-side as collaborators. I bet you could measure “docs drift” to figure out just how behind the docs have gotten. What if you could use GitHub, static site generators, and Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) for our documentation? I imagine you can track your backlog and get some metrics on the quality with their nice contributor graphs.
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