| No | Date | Title | Notes | Contents | Reading | Survey |
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| 1 | 2023-10-20 | Introduction to version control | Organisational matters Overview of seminar sessions Computational reproducibility Introduction to version control Introduction to Git and its advantages |
Intro to version control | Course introduction survey | |
| 2 | 2023-10-27 | Command line | File Systems Benefits of the Command Line Basic Command Line commands |
Command Line | Command Line survey | |
| 3 | 2023-11-03 | Git Basics | Installation and configuration of Git Initializing a Git repository Basic Git commands Ignoring files with .gitignore Good commit messages |
Installation, setup, first steps with Git | Installation survey, Git Basics survey | |
| 4 | 2023-11-10 | Cancelled | Cancelled | |||
| 5 | 2023-11-17 | Basic Git workflow | Practicing basic Git commands Ignoring files with .gitignore Good commit messages |
First steps with Git | Git Basics survey | |
| 6 | 2023-11-24 | Cancelled | Cancelled | |||
| 7 | 2023-12-01 | Quarto workshop | Introduction to Quarto Usecases as a scientist Markdown Syntax Using code chunks |
Workshop Slides | ||
| 8 | 2023-12-08 | Git Branching and Merging | Understanding branches in Git Creating and switching between branches Merging branches: fast-forward and recursive Resolving merge conflicts Stashing and retrieving changes Undoing changes Removing files |
Branches | Git branches survey | |
| 9 | 2023-12-15 | Introduction to GitHub | Introduction to remote repositories Creating a GitHub account Creating and managing repositories on GitHub Cloning/Forking a remote repository Pushing and pulling changes Branching and merging in a collaborative environment Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), e.g., GitKraken |
GitHub Intro | GitHub Survey | |
| 10 | 2023-12-22 | Repetition and practice | Initializing repository Staging and committing Creating and merging branches |
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| 11 | 2024-01-12 | GitHub: Collaboration | Organizing Git repositories and projects Collaborating with team members using issues and pull requests Using pull requests Understanding different Git workflows Introduction to Gitflow workflow Working with feature branches in Gitflow |
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| 12 | 2024-01-19 | GitHub: Advanced, Tags/Releases | README.md Licenses Contributions Forking Practicing GitHub workflow Introduction to tags and their importance Best practices for tagging in Git Integration with Zenodo |
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| 13 | 2024-01-26 | Introduction to DataLad - Version control of (large) datasets | Guest Lecture by Adina Wagner (DataLad Developer & Project Lead of the DataLad Handbook) | |||
| 14 | 2024-02-02 | Summary & Wrap-Up | Summary & Wrap-Up |
Schedule
When? Winter 2023/24 (October to February), every Friday, 10:15 to 11:45 (detailed schedule below)
Where? University of Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5, Room 4047
The course schedule is still under construction!
We are continuously updating information on this website. Watch this space for any updates. If you have any urgent questions, always feel free to write an email. Note, that this syllabus provides a comprehensive outline of the topics to be covered in the course. The actual pace and content covered may vary based on the instructor’s discretion and the needs of the students.