Bart Trojanowski

Tracking code changes in a distributed environment

Software is very dynamic and always changing. Developers use tools for source code management, or SCM, to track changes to their work over time. While traditionally SCM tools have been centralized (like CVS and Subversion) and relied on a single server to be the gate keeper, in the last part of this decade that has been changing.

This talk will overview the terms and concepts used by distributed SCM (dSCM) tools. While the talk is tailored towards Git, it will be useful for (new) users of Git's competitors, like Mercurial and Bazaar.

With even limited prior knowledge about revision control systems, by the end of the session attendees will be empowered to switch their projects to be tracked by a dSCM, perhaps even Git.

Workshop

Git is a distributed source code management (dSCM) tool started by Linus Torvalds and currently maintained by Junio C Hamano. While Git was originally written with the intent to track the rapid development of the Linux kernel it has been picked up by a large number of prominent projects. While initially being a bit rough around the edges, Git's popularity forced it to improve in the areas of usability and documentation.

This tutorial will demonstrate from basic to intermediate use cases of Git, and cover some internal details of how Git does what it does so well.

About Bart Trojanowski

Bart Trojanowski is an embedded Linux consultant and driver developer from Ottawa, Canada. Bart has been hacking on big- and small-embedded devices running Linux for over a decade. Most recently his passion has been poured into the android platform.

While working, or just hacking, Bart has always depended on source code management (SCM) software to keep his source safe. He's tried countless such tools and settled on Git, and today he wouldn't think of using anything else.

Time and Location

Talk: Saturday, October 17th at 11:15 AM in 1320 DCL
Workshop: Saturday, October 17th at 1:30 PM in 2405 Siebel Center