Version control
In this 1h. session we introduce the concepts of version control. This relates to keeping track of changes as they occur throughout the process or research and writing.
Requirements
The tool which we will play to explore these ideas practically are git and its graphical user interface from GitHub: GitHub Desktop
Outcomes
This session will provide you with the following skills:
- An understanding of what version control is and why it is important to include it in your workflow
- Enough knowledge of
git, as a particular version control software, to be able to:
- Initiate a project
- Track changes as you work
- Examine the history of changes you have made to the project
- Compare different versions
- Revert to previous versions of a file
- Ignore some files inside a project folder
- Do all this (much simpler) with GitHub desktop
Slides
References
Git: