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Basics of using git for version control, and GitHub as an external repository

Introduction to git

Introductory workshop on git and GitHub. In the introduction, we will cover both the basics of git and GitHub and introduce you to an easy pipeline to version control your scripts.

Hands-on workshop

April 26, 2018, CFIN

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materials and methods

We need a demo git workflow!

Quick-and-dirty: work directly on master

• demo basic usage here

'Feature branch'-way

• introduce branches

Exercise

• short text file ('poem'), with hard line breaks
• modify (how?) the text, use git to track
• talk about transfer to code...

Installing Git (customising)

• set up a github account (before course)
• set username and email

Choose your favourite text editor

• Why do I need one, what's a text editor?
• Linux: use gedit

Prerequisites

• read notebooks on CLI
• make sure you have
  • a linux/mac laptop, OR
  • a win laptop with remote desktop access to hyades (VPN account needed!!!)

Adding vs. committing

• staging, commits, files
• once I commit, is it online?
• making more changes, committing them
• reverting/going back in time

Additional reading

• git book

WIP what's this all about?

Key points:

• Motivation for using version
• How does git work:
  • add/commit
  • branches
• How does GitHub work and why use it?:
  • remote repos
  • sharing code

Program:

1. Intro/refresher on command line
2. Intro to git
3. Intro to GitHub.