ELIXIR EE git training
Lesson overview
Description
Git is used across the world to help developers keep track of changes while working on different parts of the same project. Teams are not the only ones to benefit from version control: lone researchers can benefit immensely. Keeping a record of what was changed, when, and why is extremely useful for all researchers if they ever need to come back to the project later on (e.g., a year later, when memory has faded).
Version control is the lab notebook of the digital world: it’s what professionals use to keep track of what they’ve done and to collaborate with other people. Every large software development project relies on it, and most programmers use it for their small jobs as well. And it isn’t just for software: books, papers, small data sets, and anything that changes over time or needs to be shared can and should be stored in a version control system.
Prerequisites
To be able to follow this course, learners should:
1. Bring your own laptop and install git: https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. install Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Recognize version control importance
- Able to create a repository in Git
- Track changes and collaborate in Git
Level: Beginner
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Contributors
Setup
Data setup
Playground repository
- Make a fork of this repository to your own GitHub account. (make sure to uncheck the “main branch only” option)
- Clone the repository to your local machine.
Software used in this lesson:
1. Git
2. Visual Studio Code
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