A guide for getting things done.
Set up your laptop with this script and these dotfiles.
Get Suspenders.
gem install suspenders
Create the app.
suspenders app-name --heroku true --github organization/app-name
Get the code.
git clone git@github.com:organization/app.git
Set up the app's dependencies.
cd project
bundle --binstubs
rake db:setup
Add Heroku remotes for staging and production environments.
git remote add staging git@heroku.com:<app>-staging.git
git remote add production git@heroku.com:<app>-production.git
Use Heroku config to get ENV
variables.
heroku config:pull --app <app>-staging
Delete extra lines in .env, leaving only those needed for app to function
properly. For example: BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID and S3_SECRET.
Use Foreman to run the app locally.
foreman start
It uses your .env file and Procfile to run processes just like Heroku's
Cedar stack.
Create a local feature branch based off master.
git checkout master
git pull --rebase
git checkout -b your-initials-new-feature
Rebase frequently to incorporate upstream changes.
git fetch origin
git rebase origin/master
<resolve conflicts>
When feature is complete and tests pass, commit the changes.
rake
git add -A
git status
git commit -v
Write a good commit message.
Present-tense summary under 50 characters
* More information about commit (under 72 characters).
* More information about commit (under 72 characters).
Share your branch.
git push origin [branch]
Submit a Github pull request.
Ask for a code review in Campfire.
A team member other than the author reviews the pull request.
They make comments and ask questions directly on lines of code in the Github web interface or in Campfire.
For changes which they can make themselves, they check out the branch.
git checkout <branch>
rake db:migrate
rake
git diff staging/master..HEAD
They make small changes right in the branch, test the feature in browser, run tests, commit, and push.
When satisfied, they comment on the pull request Ready to merge.
Rebase interactively. Squash commits like "Fix whitespace" into one or a small number of valuable commit(s). Edit commit messages to reveal intent.
git rebase -i origin/master
rake
View a list of new commits. View changed files. Merge branch into master.
git log origin/master..[branch]
git diff --stat origin/master
git checkout master
git merge [branch] --ff-only
git push
Delete your remote feature branch.
git push origin :[branch]
Delete your local feature branch.
git branch -d [branch]
View a list of new commits. View changed files. Deploy to Heroku staging.
git fetch staging
git log staging/master..master
git diff --stat staging/master
git push staging
Run migrations (if necessary).
heroku run rake db:migrate -r staging
Restart the dynos if migrations were run.
heroku restart -r staging
Introspect to make sure everything's ok.
watch heroku ps -r staging
Test the feature in browser.
Deploy to production.
git fetch production
git log production/master..master
git diff --stat production/master
git push production
heroku run rake db:migrate -r production
heroku restart -r production
watch heroku ps -r production
Watch logs and metrics dashboards.
Close pull request and comment Merged.
Use scripts from thoughtbot/dotfiles to quickly access the Heroku console, backup the production database, and transfer production data to staging.