git-for-beginners

Training material for the Git for Beginners ABiMS training session

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

1. Project roles in GitLab
2. Branch Protection
3. Submitting Merge Requests
4. Handling Merge Requests

Using Git through 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