| No | Date | Title | Contents | Reading | Survey/Quiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-10-18 | Introduction to version control | Organizational matters Overview of seminar sessions Introduction to version control Introduction to Git and its advantages |
Intro to version control | Course introduction Survey |
| 2 | 2024-10-25 | Command line | File Systems Benefits of the Command Line Basic Command Line commands |
Command Line | Command Line Quiz |
| 3 | 2024-11-01 | Setup + Git Fundamentals | Installation and configuration of Git Initializing a Git repository Basic Git commands |
Installation, Setup, First steps with Git | Installation Survey, Git Basics Quiz |
| 4 | 2024-11-08 | Basic Git workflow | Practicing basic Git commands Ignoring files with .gitignore Good commit messages |
First steps with Git | Git Basics Quiz |
| 5 | 2024-11-15 | Git Essentials (Repetition & Practice) | Practicing basic Git commands Ignoring files with .gitignore Good commit messages |
Git Essentials | Git Basics Quiz |
| 6 | 2024-11-22 | Git Branching and Merging | Understanding branches in Git Creating and switching between branches Merging branches Resolving merge conflict |
Branches | Git Branches Quiz |
| 7 | 2024-11-29 | Quarto Workshop | Introduction to Quarto | ||
| 8 | 2024-12-06 | Introduction to GitHub | Introduction to remote repositories Creating a GitHub account Creating and managing repositories on GitHub Pushing and pulling changes |
GitHub Intro | GitHub Quiz |
| 9 | 2024-12-13 | GitHub with collaborators | Cloning a remote repository Branching and merging in a collaborative environment Pull Requests GitHub Issues Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), e.g., GitKraken |
GitHub Intro, GitHub Issues | GitHub Quiz |
| 10 | 2024-12-20 | Repetition and Practice | Repetition and Practice | ||
| 11 | 2025-01-10 | Git(Hub) with the world | Forking a remote repository README files Project Management |
GitHub Advanced, GitHub Issues | GitHub Quiz |
| 12 | 2025-01-17 | Publishing | Creating Tags with Git Creating Releases with GitHub Zenodo for publishing |
Tags and Releases | |
| 13 | 2025-01-24 | Graphical User Interfaces | Course evaluation Repetition and practice Intro to Graphical User Interfaces |
Graphical User Interfaces | |
| 14 | 2025-01-31 | Summary & Outlook | Course evaluation results ✨ Surprise ✨ Summary & Outlook |
Session 13: Graphical User Interfaces
Track, organize and share your work: An introduction to Git for research
Course at University of Hamburg & Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dr. Ana Martinovici
Reza Hakimazar
January 24 2025 (10:15 am)
1 Logistics & Admin
Schedule
2 Course evaluation
Course evaluation
- Check your emails for the link to the evaluation form!
- Both Hamburg and Rotterdam students can complete the evaluation.
- The evaluation is also available in English (you can change the language at the top-right).
- Once you are done, you can start working on today’s exercises (see later slide).
3 Last session: Tags, Releases & Publication
Last session: Tags, Releases & Publication
https://lennartwittkuhn.com/version-control-book/chapters/tags-and-releases.html
Last session’s learning objectives
💡 You understand why Git Tags matter in version control and project management.
💡 You know the difference between lightweight and annotated tags and how to apply them.
💡 You can push and pull tags to a remote repository (e.g., GitHub).
💡 You understand how GitHub releases complement Git Tags.
💡 You can use Zenodo to archive your repository and make your work citable.
Questions about the last session?
4 Course requirements
From session 1: Your role
Active participation
- This is a pass / fail course. You pass if you fulfill all course requirements:
- Requirement 1: Come to at least 12 out of 14 sessions (85%)
- Requirement 2: Complete all surveys/quizzes
- Requirement 3: Complete all mandatory exercises (implemented in Git)
How do we verify the course requirements?
- Requirement 1: Sign the attendance list
- Requirement 2: Provide a personal codeword. At the end of the semester, send an email with your personal codeword to sekretariat-luv.psych@uni-hamburg.de (Christine Manor). We will send our secretary a list of personal codewords and she will return a list of names.
- Requirement 3: We check your GitHub repositories.
Your tasks
In order to pass this course, you should have accomplished the following tasks:
- You have a public
city-guiderepository on GitHub (Sessions 03, 08, 12). - You added a text file (e.g.,
.qmdor.txt) with at least one city recommendation to the repository (Session 03). - You added a
.gitignorefile (ignoring a random file like an image) to the repository (Sessions 04, 05). - You created and merged a branch in your repository (Session 06).
- You created a pull request in a partner’s repository, e.g., by adding a new recommendation (Sessions 09, 10).
- You reviewed and merged the pull request of a partner in your
city-guiderepository (Sessions 09, 10). - You created an issue in Lennart’s
city-guiderepository, a pull request from a fork fixing the issue, you implemented all additional requests and your pull request was approved and merged by Lennart (Session 11). - You created a release of your
city-guiderepository on GitHub (Session 12). - You completed all quizzes (see next slide).
- You completed the extra assignment (if necessary, see next slide).
Quiz participation
In order to pass this course, you should have completed all quizzes:
How to verify participation
- At the end of the semester, send an email with your personal codeword to sekretariat-luv.psych@uni-hamburg.de (Christine Manor), not to us!
- Our secretary sends us an unsorted list with codewords.
- We verify the quiz participation for each codeword and send Christine a list with codewords that completed all quizzes.
- Christine compares the codewords with your names and send us an unsorted list with names.
Missed more than two sessions?
We will send you an email with an extra assignment.
5 Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Git
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Git
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
RStudio
MATLAB
Git Clients
GitKraken
GitHub Desktop
Mobile
Working Copy (iOS)
Learning objectives
💡 You understand the benefits of Git GUIs compared to the command line
💡 You can name at least two Git operations that can be considered easier in a GUI compared to the command line
💡 You try out different GUIs and become familiar with their features
💡 You know how to manage branches in a GUI
Reading
Tasks
In this session, you will work on the following tasks:
- Reading: Read the chapter(s) “Graphical User Interfaces” in the Version Control Book.
- Implementation: Try out the commands in the chapter.
- Exercises: Work on the exercises for the
city-guideproject.
As always:
- Check whether you have achieved the learning objectives.
- Ask questions!
- Let’s git started!
Exercises
Option 1: Complete the course requirements
- We are here to help!
Option 2: Collaborate with pull requests (using GUIs)
- Fork your partner’s repository on GitHub.
- Using a GUI, clone the forked repository.
- Create and switch to a new branch.
- Add a surprise recommendation to their
city-guiderepository. - Stage and commit the changes.
- Create a Pull Request from the forked to the original repository.
- Review the Pull Request from your partner and create a coherent recipe.
- Merge the Pull Request that your partner created in your repository.
6 Demonstration: GitKraken / RStudio
Version Control Course