How to make a git branch with only specific/selected files from a PHP project?

Question

I'm a total newbie to this Git.

My PHP project files have been added to Git by admin.

Now one new person is going to start working on this project. He will work on one module of this project. So, being a senior developer I've been asked to create a branch for him that will contain only specific files that he will need to start work on the specific module.

So this thing has created so many questions in my mind :

1. Can I create a special branch for him with only specific/selected files from the project? If yes, how? If no, why?
2. Now only master branch of project is present. If the new branch of git is created for the new developer and he commits and pushes the changes he made to the git; how will they get merged with the master branch? Do I need to do it manually using third party tool like 'DeployHQ' or anything like or is there any way around.
3. To keep the things easy for him what I want to do is he should be able to commit, push the changes, those changes would straight away be reflected on server and he should be able to check it by running the pages in a browser. Can I make the this simple and easy as I'm thinking.

In a nutshell I don't want to disclose all of my project files to him and want to keep things easier and simpler for me as well as for him.

Please please please guide me.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The basic building block of GIT version control is project. You can't branch off only some files from the master as it doesn't make any sense in an environment where projects are the single version controlled entities.

You can add or remove files from a branch and later commit to the master with the changes.

Some people refer to the branching model in Git as its “killer feature” , and it certainly sets Git apart in the VCS community. Why is it so special? The way Git branches is incredibly lightweight, making branching operations nearly instantaneous and switching back and forth between branches generally just as fast. Unlike many other VCSs, Git encourages a workflow that branches and merges often, even multiple times in a day. Understanding and mastering this feature gives you a powerful and unique tool and can literally change the way that you develop.