This is a tutorial on Git & GitHub for scientists without formal programming background: https://gitbookdown.dallasdatascience.com
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Authors: Micaela Chan @mychan24 & Ekarin Pongpipat @epongpipat
Git facilitates (1) documentation, and (2) sharing/collaborating. Both of these are important in science.
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I. Version-control for code = the lab notebook of experiments. We need documentation for all our processes:
- Scenario A: Things were working, now they are not!
- Scenario B: Why were changes made?
- Scenario C: We made changes a long time ago…
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II. Git and Remote Hosts (e.g., GitHub) makes sharing/collaborating easier
- Sharing code made easy
- Facilitates new collaboration
- Encourages open source and open science
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This tutorial borrows heavily from Software Carpentry's tutorial. Software Carpentry provides a lot of resources for other courses and teaching in general. Check them out!
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Special thanks to @jennywxyz for providing feedback and proofreading.