Using patch

The patches we have displayed are simplified for on-screen viewing. However, there is a link beside each entry you can click on to download the raw patch. To apply the raw patch from your project’s root directory:

patch -p1 < patch-file

Using git fully

Following along using git allows you to quickly and easily skip through the tutorial. Doing so requires a little bit of git knowledge – you may not wish to learn git and Hobo simultaneously.

Check out the application from github:

$ git clone git://github.com/Hobo/agility-gitorial.git
$ cd agility-gitorial

Now rewind the tutorial to the beginning, and create your own branch to record your changes.

$ git checkout gitorial-004
$ git checkout -b my_branch

You’ll notice that the first command gives you a warning, recommending that you also run the second command. You should also notice that we’re starting at step four – this includes the “.gitignore” file and the initial run of the hobo command.

Start the tutorial, and follow along.

Every once in a while, check in your progress:

$ git add .
$ git commit

After checking in your progress, you can merge in the changes from the gitorial to see if you typed everything in correctly or not. For example, if the first time you checked in your progress is at step gitorial-020:

$ git merge gitorial-020

It’s quite likely there are conflicts – you didn’t follow the tutorial exactly. For instance, if your tasks_controller.rb is different, you’ll see a message like:

CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb
Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.

Edit tasks_controller.rb to fix the conflict, and then resolve the conflict:

$ git add app/controllers/tasks_controller.rb
$ git commit

Once you have your current position merged in cleanly, you can skip ahead to any point in the tutorial:

$ git merge gitorial-060

You can only jump forwards. To jump backwards, utilize a different mechanism, such as git checkout or Stacked Git.

Using git checkout

This mechanism is the quickest way to jump around in the tutorial. However, any changes you make will be lost.

$ git clone git://github.com/Hobo/agility-gitorial.git
$ cd agility-gitorial
$ git submodule update --init

Then you can switch to any point in the tutorial:

$ git checkout gitorial-001

Using stacked git

We used Stacked Git to develop this gitorial. It’s a great tool to follow this gitorial.

Instructions for using stacked git with this gitorial are in the README in our source repository.

Updating to later versions of the tutorial

To keep the gitorial clean, updates to the gitorial rewrite history. That means that you cannot git pull. If you wish to update to a later version of the tutorial, you must git clone the repository again and manually move any changes you have made from your old clone to the new one.

f7a476: view on github, download patch