What are Release Tags in Git, and How Do You Use Them?

July 14, 2023

Keeping track of software releases is a complicated task, and Git helps manage it. Using Git’s tagging system, you can create versioned release numbers that point to specific commits, and use them in your CI/CD automation to publish releases. Read More »

Large Git repositories can use a lot of resources and slow down your computer. This can sometimes be mitigated by using shallow cloning, which throws away all but the most recent commits, making it easier to download Git repos with long histories. Read More »

When working with Git branches, it’s often necessary to keep different branches such as “develop,” “release,” or “staging” branches. With Git, it’s easy to fast forward a branch to keep it up to date with another branch, such as updating the release branch to include changes on staging. Read More »

GitHub Actions is a powerful CI/CD tool for running automated builds from your GitHub repository. The last step of this process is deployment, which involves uploading the build artifacts somewhere they can be accessed easily. AWS S3 is the storage of choice for many people, and is easy to integrate with Actions scripts. Read More »