Insider Guide to GitHub Episode 2: Advanced Tasks

This episode takes you beyond the basics so you can take advantage of time-saving tools, advanced GitHub features, and pro tips. You’ll learn how to:

• save a ton of time by using the GitHub gem to create, clone, fork, and fetch changes
• use the GitHub API to query commits, run searches, and get user information
• configure a post-receive URL to notify an external service
• create a simple Rails application to handle commit notifications
• use the hidden API that generates the GitHub participation graph
• create and delete branches and tags
• deploy code from a GitHub repository to a server using Capistrano
• delete and rename repositories