Introduction to git

Jan Simson

This repository contains the course materials for a one-day workshop titled “Data Literacy: Introduction to git” which I gave at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT).

Contents

Slides

• Block 1: Introduction & Basics
  • 1.0 Intro [slides]
  • 1.1 What is git? [slides]
  • 1.2 Tracking Changes [slides]
• Block 2: Branches & More
  • 2.1 .gitignore [slides]
  • 2.2 History [slides]
  • 2.3 Branches & Merging [slides]
• Block 3: Collaboration via Github
  • 3.1 What is GitHub? [slides]
  • 3.2 Synching Changes [slides]
  • 3.3 Markdown [slides]
• Block 4: Advanced Github & Beyond
  • 4.1 Advanced GitHub [slides]
  • 4.2 Final Notes [slides]
  • Outro
• Bonus Practical [slides]

Supporting Documents

• Supplementary student information sheet
• How to Setup SSH authentication for GitHub [PDF] [HTML]
  • By Mike Croucher & Malika Ihle
• Git Cheatsheet [PDF]
  • By GitHub Education

Links

• Repositories used in the Course
  • Git Scavenger Hunt
  • GitHub Pages Template
  • Collaborative Course Summary
    • Note: This repository may be turned private in the future.
• Guides to review & refresh your knowledge
  • https://gitimmersion.com
  • https://github.com/git-guides
  • Introduction to RStudio Git & GitHub
  • The Carpentries: Version Control with Git
• Further reading (beyond the contents of the course)
  • Pretty comprehensive guide: Beej’s Guide to Git
  • Trunk Based Development, a popular and advanced workflow of using git (currently concidered a best-practice)
  • Using git with data
    • dvc: Data Version Control
    • git lfs: Git Large File Storage
  • If you have a problem
    • ohshitgit.com (🇩🇪)
    • Google: Just googling your problem is often the most useful solution
• Follow up course: http://simson.io/advanced-git/

License

The contents of this course which were created by me are available under CC-BY-SA-4.0. For resources where I do not own the copyright, other licenses may apply.