Version Control

WEEK 1

Advanced Native Mobile Programming

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 VERSION CONTROL
Version control, also known as revision control or source control, is the
management of changes to documents, computer programs, large
websites, and other collections of information.
 VERSION CONTROL
● Track developments and changes in your files

● Record the changes you made to your file in a way that you will be
able to understand later

● Experiment with different versions of a file while maintaining the

original version

● ‘Merge’ two versions of a file and manage conflicts between versions

● Revert changes, moving ‘backward’ through your history to previous

versions of your file
 TERMS
● repository

contain a collection of files of various different versions of a Project.

● There are two kind of repositories:

○ Local repository
○ Remote repository
 TERMS
● clone
Create a new repository containing the revisions from another
repository.
● commit
To write or merge the changes made in the working copy back to the
repository.
● push
Copy revisions from the current repository to a remote repository.
● pull
Copy revisions from a remote repository to the current repository.
 TERMS
branch

A separate working copy of files under version control which may be

developed independently from the origin.
 TERMS
merge

An operation in which two sets of changes are applied to a file or set

of files.
 VARIOUS VERSION CONTROL SYSTEM

GIT MERCURIAL SUBVERSION

used for source code written in python and abbreviated as SVN.
management in intended for software Founded in 2000 by
software development. developers CollabNet, distributed
Created by Linus as open source under
Torvalds in 2005 the Apache License
 POPULAR GIT REPOSITORY
● github
● gitlab
● bitbucket
● sourceforge
 OPERATING GIT
Using terminal or command
prompt
OPERATING GIT
Using GUI
 ANDROID STUDIO

Android Studio has an

integration with Git for source
control management.

It means you can do the

different Git operations
(commit, push, pull, branch,
etc.) from inside Android
Studio
 GROUP ASSESSMENT
● Make a group of maximum three students

● Follow all steps on the next slides

● Group leader must create a repository

● Practice git operation (pull, push, clone, merge, branch, checkout,

and so on) have been executed on one of repositories

● Group leader must submit / writes github repository URL of all

member at ULS

● Deadline: next week

 CREATE GITHUB ACCOUNT
Go to https://github.com/login,
click on “Create an account”
link to create a new github
account. Follow all steps.

Don't forget to try sign in into

github after completing
account creation.

(if you already have github

account, you may skip this YOUR LOGO
step)
 CREATE NEW REPOSITORY
Once sign in into github, click
new button to create new
repository

1. Write repo name (without

space)
native[NRP]
2. Choose public repo
3. Click create repository
 NEW REPOSITORY CREATED

New empty (remote) repository created

 Add Collaborator

Open Github website and go to your repository.

Add your friends as collaborator so that your friends could push
something. Otherwise, they could pull only.
 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL GIT
Go to
https://git-scm.com/downloads
to download Git system to your
computer

Install and follow the default

settings

You may follow installation

tutorial here:
https://phoenixnap.com/kb/ho
w-to-install-git-windows
 CONFIGURE GIT TO WORK WITH
PROXY
Open Git CMD from windows search

Enter configuration command below:

● git config --global http.proxy http://proxy3.ubaya.ac.id:8080
● git config --global https.proxy https://proxy3.ubaya.ac.id:8080

To view current git config, please enter the following commands:

git config --global --get http.proxy
or
git config --global --get https.proxy

To clear current git config :

git config --global --unset http.proxy
or
git config --global --unset https.proxy
 CREATE NEW ANDROID STUDIO
PROJECT

Attention! For Girrafe user, please select “No Activity”

 CREATE NEW ANDROID STUDIO
PROJECT

Create new project, use empty activity, and name project as

Native[NRP] or whatever you name that you like
 ADDING NEW ACTIVITY

Since we don't have any activity yet, please add one. Right click on
package name > new > activity >

1. Make sure activity name

set to “MainActivity”
2. Tick the “Generate Layout
File”
3. Tick the “Launcher
Activity”
 CHECK GIT INTEGRATION

Next, we need to test whether

Git is configured in Android
Studio

1. Click file > settings

2. Type git in search bar
3. Click “test” button
4. If you can see git version,
means that android
studio is configured
properly with Git
 INTEGRATED GIT INTO PROJECT

Close setting dialog. Next, we need to enable VCS integration into our
current project

1. Click VCS > Enable Version Control Integration

2. Popup dialog shown, choose git and press OK
3. Now a new repository with “master” branch have been created on
your local drive
 GIT TAB

New git tab shown on the bottom part of android studio

Click log tab

Notice that new

branch “master”
created
 STAGE & COMMIT

The project is ready to use with Git version control. To stage and
commit your changes, go to VCS > Commit.

Tick this
checkbox

Current
working
branch Write
messages here
 STAGE & COMMIT

Press commit button. Code analysis will show warning dialog like this.
Warnings usually related with unfinished TODO, warning on UI or
others. For now just press Commit
 STAGE & COMMIT

Notice in git tab log, a new commit shown

 SETUP REMOTE CONNECTION

Previously we only staged and

commited files into our own
local repository
We need to push our commit
to remote repository
To configure remote repository
click Git > Manage Remotes
 SETUP REMOTE CONNECTION
Click on + button, enter URL of your github repository that you created
previously. Press OK
If authentication dialog shows up, you may need to provide github
username and password.
 GITHUB TOKEN
Latest github policy requires
you to login with github
generated token. In that case
you must generate a token to
enable authentication.
Add from File > Settings, search
for GitHub, then click Add
account
Make sure you have logged in
to GitHub on your browser
 GITHUB TOKEN

1. Click Generate. Your browser

window will open. Leave all
settings, then just click Generate
Token.
2. Copy the generated token you
see on the browser to Android
Studio,
3. then click Add Account.
 PUSH THE CHANGES TO REMOTE

To push your local changes to

the remote repository, go to
VCS > Git > Push
And then press push button
again to begin push operation

If success, you can see two

repositories (local and remote)
shown on git log tab
 FETCH THE CHANGES FROM REMOTE

To download the latest

changes from remote, go to
VCS > Git > Pull
 CLONE EXISTING PROJECT

First close all project in android

studio
On the Android Studio
Welcome screen, click on “Get
from Version Control” menu
 CLONE EXISTING PROJECT

Copy paste your friend repository URL into URL textbox. Make sure
your account already have access.
 CREATE BRANCHES
● Branching is used to maintain stability while isolated changes.
● Usually branch used for working on bug fixes, develop new
features, integrate new versions after they have been tested in
isolation
 CREATE NEW BRANCH

● Go to VCS > Git > Branches.

● Choose + New Branch
● Name new branch
● Press create

Checking out a branch updates the

files in the working directory to
match the version stored in that
branch, and it tells Git to record all
new commits on that branch
 NEW BRANCH CREATED
Notice that now in local repository, there are a new branch “login
feature”
Any commit and push will affect this new branch
 BRANCH
Below images are example of new “login_feature” branch already had
two commit.
Master branch still only have 1 commit “init”
 SWITCH/CHECKOUT BETWEEN
BRANCH
Its very easy to switch between
branch.
1. Look at the bottom right
corner and you’ll see the
current working branch
2. Click on it to reveal all
branches.
3. Click on branch that you
want to switch/checkout
4. Choose checkout
 MERGE BRANCH

Merging is Git's way of putting a forked history back together again

Login_feature
branch

Master
branch
Merged
 MERGE BRANCH

Let's say we want to merge

login_feature branch into
master branch
To do that look at the bottom
right corner, click on the
branch name
Choose master branch and
click on “Checkout and Rebase
onto Current”
 BRANCH HAVE BEEN MERGED

If you look on git log tab, you

will see that “master” branch
have been merged with
“login_feature”
 ALLOW ACCESS FOR OTHER TEAM
MEMBER
Since your repository is private, you must manually add other github
account to give access privilege
To manage user access, open your repository from browser and click on
“Settings”
 ALLOW ACCESS FOR OTHER TEAM
Click menu
Manage access MEMBER

Click invite a
collaborator
 ALLOW ACCESS FOR OTHER TEAM
MEMBER
Write your friend email or github username. If success, your friend will
have access to run git operation on this repository.
 CLONE EXISTING PROJECT

There are tons of available

github project on the internet.
Using android studio you can
easily clone github project and
start work on it
In this case lets clone your
friend repository

Images of Clone Trooper

(courtesy of Starwars Universe)
THANKS!
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION?

andre@staff.ubaya.ac.id

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