GitBull: Source code hosting web application

Abstract

This paper presents GitBull tool as a source code hosting Web application tailored for the university ecosystem. GitBull introduces the ideology of open source software development. The main aim of GitBull is to fill the gap between how students work on software development projects in university and how software is being developed in the work environment. GitBull helps students use source code versioning and collaboration tools, and reduce their learning curve when they enter the work environment. Students using GitBull and learning the Git source code versioning tool should be more prepared for the professional work environment. The application complements the Git source code versioning tool, by adding a visual user interface to some aspects while introducing some collaboration enhancement tools like the Issue Tracker and the Pull Request feature.