| No | Date | Title | Notes | Contents | Reading | Survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Session 3: First steps with Git
Effective Progress Tracking and Collaboration: An Introduction to Version Control of Code and Data
Konrad Pagenstedt
November 3, 2023
How are you today?
Your mood on cat scale?
Last time: The command line
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Schedule
Today’s chapter
lennartwittkuhn.com/version-control-book/chapters/first-steps-git.html
Your turn
- Content Review: Read the chapters “Setup” and “First steps with Git” in the Version Control Book
- Implementation: Try out the commands in the chapter! Play around! Have fun!
- Note: We will do the implementation exercises in class together, step-by-step.
- Exercises: Complete the exercises in the survey.
Ask questions!
Let’s git started!
Version control of code and data