Github

Github is a source code repository, issue tracker, and event manager that can be used to trigger CI systems. The vielmetti/commonplace book is run on a Github project.

One of the key aspects of Github is its ability to track changes through git. I’m endeavoring for a setup where all changes get properly proposed in issues, and then there’s a pull request to resolve the issue. Branches will be named after the issue number, and in an ideal world every change maps back to a requirements document of some kind.

Github has tools and tooling for automation of various things, through probot. One bot I have running is the stale bot which notices when issues are very old and closes them out as wontfix if you don’t touch them for a long time. This is one way of keeping your efforts honest and your workspace tidy.