How to use git to install and upgrade Moodle

1. Git for Moodle Aministrators
Jonathan Moore
Founder

2. Background and context
● Managed thousands of Moodle sites
● Managed millions of Moodle user accounts
● Over 10 years experience with Moodle
● Dozens of Moodle dev and reporting projects
● Tuning, scalability, and performance expert
● Author of Moodle Module Development

3. Format / objectives
● What is git
● How Moodle uses git
● Git software
● Install Moodle from git
● Upgrade Moodle from git
● Ask questions!
● Share your tips

4. Getting to know you
● Who knows what git is?
● Have you already used git?

5. What is git?

6. How Moodle uses git
● Development branch
● Branch per stable release
● Devs branch for feature /
bugs
● Accepted changes
merged to supported
branches / new release

7. Getting git for your server
See https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

8. Git for Moodle Admins doc Page

9. Install Moodle 2.9 from git
● cd /path/to/your/webroot
● git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git
● cd moodle
● git branch -a
● git checkout MOODLE_29_STABLE
● git pull

10. Upgrade Moodle 2.9
● cd /path/to/your/webroot
● cd moodle
● git pull

11. Upgrade to Moodle 3.0 from git
● git checkout MOODLE_30_STABLE
● git pull

12. Add a plugin with git
● cd /path/to/your/moodle/
● cd mod
● git clone https://github.com/markn86/moodle-mod_certificate.git
certificate
● cd certificate
● git checkout -b MOODLE_30_STABLE origin/MOODLE_30_STABLE
● git branch -d master

13. git status

14. Create a github account

15. Managing a git fork

16. What we do
● Expert advice and eLearning program review
● Evangelism and training
● Instructional design
● Custom development
● Reporting
● System tuning
● Performance assessment

17. Questions?
● http://elearningconsultancy.com
● jonathan@elearningconsultancy.com
● Twitter: @moorejon
● Skype: moorejon07