Ever commit code and wonder how it’s faring in the pipeline? Let's make every status update as clear as day. Every time you push new code, a series of automated CI builds and checks spring into action, each telling a part of your project's story. This is where git commit statuses come in—they transform the complex results of these processes into clear, actionable insights. Think of them as real-time signals that indicate whether your code is ready to go live or needs a little more attention.

Understanding the difference between local and remote branches is crucial for working with Git effectively.

Continuous integration (CI) pipelines are an important part of building and deploying reliable software. Whether it's building a Docker image, running tests, or even just doing code linting, CI pipelines help you automate repetitive tasks and ship better code even faster. GitHub Actions lets you create pipelines to build containers, test source code, and publish software.

One method that developers use to submit code modifications for evaluation is known as pull requests (PRs). We discussed the advantages of testing PRs in software development in a previous post but before merging into the main branch, they give team members a chance to talk about the changes, make suggestions, and accept or reject the code. To keep code quality high and make sure that the team reviews all changes, this approach is essential.

The cloud-based GitLab CI/CD platform allows development teams to streamline their Continuous integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines and accelerate their Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Adding strict, compliance-based static analysis — as provided by Helix QAC — as new stages to existing GitLab CI/CD pipelines will enhance the SDLC still further, and move your DevOps workflows from Continuous Integration to Continuous Compliance.

Git is one of the most widely used collaboration tools in Software development. Even software developers working without teams often use Git as a version control system. Most people interact with Git through the command line, but many code editors and IDEs have Git integrations with built-in tools to make your workflow easier. Though Git is widely used, many developers only have a surface-level appreciation of all that Git has to offer.

If you're like me and have less than twenty years of software engineering experience, the thought of a world without Git doesn't seem possible. When I started to research for this post, I almost fell out of my chair when I read that Git was created in 2005. It doesn't seem that long ago... either that, or I'm simply getting old. When I started programming, I asked myself a question I sometimes still ask myself today - How does git work? I often find myself being scared of certain Git commands.

Keboola offers a robust virtual branching environment, enabling users to seamlessly create a shadow copy of their entire Keboola Project. This allows for development and testing of changes without affecting the production environment. These development branches contain a copy of the underlying project data, ensuring that when a pipeline is executed in the development branch, the production data remains unaffected.