GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repositories in the wptrainingteam organisation often make use of package managers, generally Composer for any PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. dependencies and npm for any JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/. dependencies.
To ensure the dependancies used in these repositories are kept updated, Dependabot is recommended. Dependabot can be configured to regularly check for updates and create pull requests to update the dependencies.
The following guides will walk you through setting up Dependabot for these repositories
- Code owners: Configure Dependabot for your repository
- Training team contributors: Setting Up Dependabot for WP Training Team repositories
- Training team admins: Reviewing and merging the Dependabot, Auto-Approve, and Auto-Merge Workflows
