github skills?

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2024-01-28 at 12:29 -0500, bruce wrote:
> I'm walking through a couple of test sites..

Just a quick warning that git is not GitHub and GitHub is not git.

Git is the underlying basis for GitHub, but GitHub layers a LOT of
extra stuff on top of it, basically a very large value-add.

I strongly suggest getting a good grasp of git itself before you get
too used to using GitHub. Otherwise you will find yourself floundering
if you have to change repositories and start using GitLab, or
CodeCommit or CodeBerg or whatever, because they all do things a bit
differently.

For a professional, getting too cosy with one repo type is a form of
lock-in. For example, if you have all your deployments tied into GitHub
actions, you will find it that much harder to move when Microsoft
(which owns GitHub) inevitably jacks up the prices or imposes new
conditions.

The same is true of local "helpers" like VSCode, GitHub Desktop and so
forth. Figure out how native git works first. Then make life easier
with such helpers.

Regards, K.

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