Introduction to Reproducibility & Version Control

Session 01

Starts at:

09:30

Slides Chapter

Learning objectives

At the end of this session, you should have achieved the following learning objectives:

Reproducibility

💡 You know what reproducibility is.
💡 You can argue why reproducibility is useful for research.
💡 You can explain the difference between reproducibility and replicability.

Version Control

💡 You know what version control is.
💡 You can argue why version control is useful (for research).
💡 You can name benefits of Git compared to other approaches to version control.
💡 You can explain the difference between Git and GitHub.

Slides

To export the slides to PDF, do the following:

  1. Toggle into Print View using the E key (or using the Navigation Menu).
  2. Open the in-browser print dialog (CTRL/CMD+P).
  3. Change the Destination setting to Save as PDF.
  4. Change the Layout to Landscape.
  5. Change the Margins to None.
  6. Enable the Background graphics option.
  7. Click Save.

Note: This feature has been confirmed to work in Google Chrome, Chromium as well as in Firefox.

Here’s what the Chrome print dialog would look like with these settings enabled:

Screenshot of Chrome print dialog with the first slide/page of 43 shown on the left, and print options on the right. The Destination print option has Save as PDF selected.

These instructions were copied from the Quarto documentation (MIT License) and slightly modified.

Email

Dear course participant,

You are receiving this email because you have signed up for the full-day course “Track, organize and share your work: Version control of code & data with Git & DataLad”, taking place on Tuesday, July 8th 2025, 9:30 to 16:30 at AUDICTIVE Priority Program (Tagungshaus Erbacher Hof, Mainz). We are excited that you have signed up for this course and can’t wait to delve into the world of reproducibility and version control with you!

In preparation for the course, we kindly ask you to check if you have Git installed. You can find detailed instructions in our Version Control Book here: https://lennartwittkuhn.com/version-control-book/chapters/installation.html. Windows users: Please install Git for Windows (https://gitforwindows.org). macOS and Linux users: You likely have Git already installed. Open the Terminal / Command Line and enter the command git --version. If a version number is shown, Git is installed. For more details, see the link to the online course book above. If you have any questions about the installation process, don’t hesitate to contact us. And please don’t forget to bring your laptop, with Git installed, to the course!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us directly via email.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the course!

Best wishes,

Lennart Wittkuhn (Instructor) and the organizing team