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