git-for-beginners

Training material for the Git for Beginners ABiMS training session. Releases are referenced with DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10280837.

• git-for-beginners
  • Course Outline
    • Short Intro
    • Trainee Setup Testing
    • Git(Lab) Basics
    • Working with Remote Repositories
    • Git Command Line Basics
    • Branching Basics
    • Team Collaboration in GitLab
    • Using Git With Third Party Tools
    • Further Reading

Course Outline

Short Intro

1. What is version management ?
2. What is Git and why did we choose it ?
3. What is GitLab and why did we choose it ?

Trainee Setup Testing

1. Does everyone have an account on GitLab ?

Git(Lab) Basics

1. Some definitions
2. Creating a repository
3. Using the Web IDE
4. Committing changes

Working with Remote Repositories

1. Motivation
2. Cloning a GitLab repository
3. Cloning using HTTPS
4. CLoning using SSH

Git Command Line Basics

1. Displaying information about a local repository
2. Making changes to a local repository
3. Committing changes to a local repository
4. Propagating changes to the remote repository
5. Keeping a local repository synchronized with a remote repository

Branching Basics

1. Rationale for using branches
2. Using GitLab to manage branches
3. Using the CLI to manage branches

Team Collaboration in GitLab

1. Project Roles
2. Branch Protection
3. Submitting Merge Requests
4. Handling Merge Requests

Using Git With Third Party Tools

1. Using Git inside R-Studio
2. Using Git inside PyCharm

Further Reading

1. The Git Cheat Sheet
2. The Git Book
3. Git Workflows