Comments on: Git on Dreamhost http://selenetan.com/2009/10/git-on-dreamhost/ reaching for the moon and sky Tue, 08 May 2012 20:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: selene http://selenetan.com/2009/10/git-on-dreamhost/comment-page-1/#comment-939 selene Tue, 08 May 2012 20:56:44 +0000 http://selenetan.com/?p=51#comment-939 I do! Mostly it's for personal messing-around projects where I want to have a remote backup in case of emergency, but the code's in no shape to be shown to the public. GitHub limits the number of private repositories you can have (free accounts don't get any). GitHub has a lot more in the way of project management features, like issue tracking, and makes it easier to widely share your code. For small stuff I find it overkill. Another useful trick is to put your website files under version control and have the live copy be a checkout or export of the repository. You can even set up a server-side hook to immediately update or export the files on push. I used to do this before moving to a CMS. I do! Mostly it’s for personal messing-around projects where I want to have a remote backup in case of emergency, but the code’s in no shape to be shown to the public. GitHub limits the number of private repositories you can have (free accounts don’t get any). GitHub has a lot more in the way of project management features, like issue tracking, and makes it easier to widely share your code. For small stuff I find it overkill.

Another useful trick is to put your website files under version control and have the live copy be a checkout or export of the repository. You can even set up a server-side hook to immediately update or export the files on push. I used to do this before moving to a CMS.

]]> By: Clint http://selenetan.com/2009/10/git-on-dreamhost/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Clint Tue, 08 May 2012 20:36:17 +0000 http://selenetan.com/?p=51#comment-938 Do you still use them for GIT? Just curious about the difference between doing this and using a service like GITHub. Do you still use them for GIT? Just curious about the difference between doing this and using a service like GITHub.

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