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Introducing GitHub
The EdgeX has selected GitHub as the code management repository for the project. GitHub is a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.
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b. use the git commit -a to automatically stage all tracked, modified files before the commit If you think the git add stage of the workflow is too cumbersome. This basically tells Git to run git add on any file that is "tracked" - that is, any file that was in your last commit and has been modified. Please use caution when using this approach as it's easy to accidently commit files unintentionally (eg. build artifacts, temp files from editors, ...).
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The -s option used for both alternatives causes a committer signed-off-by line to be appended to the end of the commit message body. It certifies that committer has the rights to submit this work under the same license and agrees to our Developer Certificate of Origin (see Contributor's Guide for more details about our DCO). E.g.
signed-off by: John Doe johndoe@example.com |
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In order to use the -s option, you need to make sure you configure your git name (user.name) and email address (user.email):
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