{"id":2972,"date":"2015-05-19T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T07:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:34:12","slug":"github-hacks-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/github-hacks-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"The best GitHub tutorial: 10+ GitHub hacks to immediately boost your productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever been asked what GitHub really is? I\u2019d say it is like Wikipedia and Facebook for programmers. Combined. You can access, view and even edit files. Companies mainly use it to build software and web applications, whereas individuals use it to browse, find and share projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many developers breathe GitHub. And that\u2019s great. It\u2019s the <strong>software that helps us (developers) to build great software<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I&#8217;m presenting you our GitHub tutorial. Here are <strong>10 helpful GitHub hacks<\/strong> you probably don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-cta\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-1000004194.svg); width: 100%;\"><h2>Try Usersnap for Product Development<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/signup\" class=\"cta-button\">Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GitHub Tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, GitHub projects can be made&nbsp;public and every publicly shared code is freely readable. You can have private projects as well, however, they require a paid GitHub plan. Public repositories on GitHub are often used to share open source software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not digging into the basic of GitHub here. For further basic read, I\u2019d recommend to check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/the-software-that-builds-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Yorker article<\/a> and these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-GitHub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">quora<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Whats-GitHub-good-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">threads<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clone like hell and learn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned GitHub offers a never-ending amount of free, <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/open-source-bug-tracking\/\">open-source projects<\/a> and code snippets. This basically means that you can use all that code for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through cloning interesting projects, you can freely download the code to your local hard drive. Why? Because you may want to learn about coding styles and practices through looking at other people\u2019s code. Especially when <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/get-started-web-development-8-elementary-tips\/\">getting started in web development <\/a>I\u2019d recommend to check out other people\u2019s code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who to follow on GitHub?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That brings me to the next tip which probably isn\u2019t really a tip. GitHub is the largest community of developers in the world. This makes it really hard to decide on which one to follow and which one not. Here are a couple of ideas on how to find great\/interesting people on GitHub:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assuming that people who have a huge follower base on GitHub are worth to follow, I\u2019d recommend to search for users with more than 1.000 followers: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/search?o=desc&amp;q=followers%3A%3E1000&amp;ref=searchresults&amp;s=followers&amp;type=Users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/search?o=desc&amp;q=followers%3A%3E1000&amp;ref=searchresults&amp;s=followers&amp;type=Users<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can modify your search regarding specific languages:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search.jpg\" alt=\"Github Tutorial Search people\" class=\"wp-image-4985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-140x70.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Search for repositories which have been starred a great number of times: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/search?o=desc&amp;q=stars%3A%3E1000&amp;ref=searchresults&amp;s=stars&amp;type=Repositories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/search?o=desc&amp;q=stars%3A%3E1000&amp;ref=searchresults&amp;s=stars&amp;type=Repositories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-stars.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-stars.jpg\" alt=\"GitHub tutorial search stars\" class=\"wp-image-4986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-stars.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-stars-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-search-stars-140x72.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also make sure to check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Who-are-the-best-coders-to-follow-on-GitHub\">quora thread with interesting people to follow on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keyboard shortcuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are using keyboard shortcuts for all different applications and use cases. So why not on GitHub.com as well? Press \u201c<em><strong>?<\/strong><\/em>\u201d on any GitHub page and get a list of shortcuts which can be applied to this particular page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GitHub-tutorial-keyboard-shortcuts.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GitHub-tutorial-keyboard-shortcuts.jpg\" alt=\"GitHub Tutorial Keyboard Shortcuts overview\" class=\"wp-image-4987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GitHub-tutorial-keyboard-shortcuts.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GitHub-tutorial-keyboard-shortcuts-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GitHub-tutorial-keyboard-shortcuts-140x82.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-cta\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-1000004194.svg); width: 100%;\"><h2>Try Usersnap for Product Development<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/signup\" class=\"cta-button\">Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I especially found the following <strong><em>GitHub shortcuts<\/em><\/strong> quite useful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press \u201cs\u201d for focusing on the search bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press \u201cgc\u201d for switching to your code<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Press \u201cgd\u201d for switching to your dashboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cgi\u201d for going to your issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commit early and often<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever heard of the <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/release-early-release-often-paradigm-interpretation\/\">release early, release often paradigm of software engineering<\/a>? Commits are updates to a project which refers to changes in one or more files. Every completed task should therefore result in a commit on GitHub (even before testing which is an own task itself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every completed task should therefore result in a commit on GitHub (even before testing which is an own task itself).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comment your commits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While working on a project with a couple of colleagues or friends you can easily make a mess by not commenting your commits. Make sure to comment every commit in order to keep your version control clean and easy-to-follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially if you\u2019re working on public projects, which might be cloned by someone else, comments are key to get an overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Filter commits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The more people work on a project, the more complex it gets. Make use of the following filters to find certain commits easier:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Filter commits by certain authors by adding <i>\u201c?author=githubhandle\u201d<\/i> to the URL in the commit view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/author-search-commits-github-tutorial.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/author-search-commits-github-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"How to search authors github tutorial\" class=\"wp-image-4988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/author-search-commits-github-tutorial.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/author-search-commits-github-tutorial-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/author-search-commits-github-tutorial-140x76.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compare view<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also create a compare view for your repository by adding the \u201ccompare\u201d to your URL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/compare-view-github-tutorial.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/compare-view-github-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"github tutorial\" class=\"wp-image-4989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/compare-view-github-tutorial.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/compare-view-github-tutorial-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/compare-view-github-tutorial-140x18.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can &#8211; for example compare two branches &#8211; and also take time into consideration (if you\u2019d like to compare the current state of the branch with the same one 7 days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trace changes in a file with Git blame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure why they named this awesome feature \u201c<b><i>blame<\/i><\/b>\u201d. But despite it\u2019s name, <i>git blame<\/i> is pretty cool. It\u2019s an super easy way to display changes of any file. Simply click on the <b>blame<\/b> button in the code view in order to get an overview on all changes which have been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-blame-view.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-blame-view.jpg\" alt=\"GitHub Tutorial Blame view\" class=\"wp-image-4990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-blame-view.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-blame-view-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-tutorial-blame-view-140x64.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Send line links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that you share links to a certain code line (or multiple lines)? Simply select the line in the code view and you\u2019ll see how the URL will change. You can even select multiple lines by pressing \u201c<i>SHIFT<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GITHUBLLINKS.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/GITHUBLLINKS.gif\" alt=\"send github links - github tutorial\" class=\"wp-image-2981\" title=\"send github links - github tutorial\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use GitHub for more than coding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Version control is great not only for coding, but also for other tasks too. Whether you\u2019re working on some website project or just hosting some documentation. GitHub does a great job and makes life easier &#8211; for developers, designers and project managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep track of your design process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep track of your content history on any project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve recently launched bugtrackers.io and used GitHub in combination with other great services like Codeship and DIVSHOT. <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/launching-bugtrackers-lessons-learned\/\">Check out what we\u2019ve learned from that<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tracking issues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GitHub Issues is a great way for managing your tasks, issues and bugs on any project. GitHub Issues is a great bug tracker &#8211; especially if you\u2019re already using GitHub for your very own projects. The awesome thing about GitHub Issues is that you can collaborate with colleagues and friends on your reported bugs in order to get them fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bug report in GitHub Issues basically consists of a title, description, milestone and assignee (who\u2019s responsible for fixing the bug).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-tutorial.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"GitHub Issues Tutorial\" class=\"wp-image-4991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-tutorial.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-tutorial-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-tutorial-140x72.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also make sure to check out this<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.github.com\/features\/issues\/\"> guide on how to use GitHub Issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get more out of GitHub Issues with Usersnap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great thing about GitHub is it\u2019s integration possibilities with other awesome services. I therefore recommend to take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/integrations\">github.com\/integrations<\/a> and check out the available integration possibilities with tools (you might be already using).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/github\">connecting Usersnap with GitHub Issues<\/a> you can make your bug reporting and testing efforts much more pleasant. Screenshots created by your colleagues, testers, website visitors or clients are automatically (or manually if you want) sent to your GitHub Issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-bug-tracking-with-usersnap-tutorial.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-bug-tracking-with-usersnap-tutorial.jpg\" alt=\"Github issues tutorial with usersnap\" class=\"wp-image-4992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-bug-tracking-with-usersnap-tutorial.jpg 700w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-bug-tracking-with-usersnap-tutorial-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/github-issues-bug-tracking-with-usersnap-tutorial-140x55.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-cta\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Group-1000004194.svg); width: 100%;\"><h2>Try Usersnap for Product Development<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/signup\" class=\"cta-button\">Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GitHub is not only the largest developer community available, but also a super-powerful tool for bringing your programming skills on the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>I hope you enjoyed our first GitHub tutorial. What are your favourite GitHub hacks? Any additional tips for being more productive?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS: We&#8217;ve updated and published the presentation with these helpful GitHub tricks on Slideshare. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/usersnap\/inside-github-github-hacks-and-tips-for-web-developers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can view &amp; download the presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">If you found this post interesting, follow us on <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usersnap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usersnap\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">twitter<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> where we tweet about web development, web design and startups.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article was brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/usersnap.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Usersnap<\/a> &#8211; a visual bug tracking and screenshot tool for every web project.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever been asked what GitHub really is? 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