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Hint
There are two methods for creating aliases in git. The first method is discussed
in Recipe 2-10 and the second in Recipe 5-3. I prefer to define aliases inside .gitconfig
files, as shown in Recipe 2-10. This method doesn't depend on user platform or permi-
sions making it is easier to adopt during classes and training.
2-11. Analyzing one of the popular repos-
itories
Problem
One of the most popular Github repositories is twitter/bootstrap, available at:
You want to analyze it using the aliases from Recipe 2-10.
Solution
Open command line and clone
twitter/bootstrap
:
$ git clone
https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap.git
02-11
The command:
$ git stat
will print:
Number of revisions:
3569
Number of developers:
259
Number of days:
505
The working directory:
4.9M
.
