6. Version Control and Git

Published

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

This week …

We’ll learn about backing up your work and keeping the most important parts in a version control sytem.

Required Reading

Jennifer Bryan and Jim Hester Happy Git With R, n.d., https://happygitwithr.com. Read and work through as much of this book as you can, but at least Chapters 1, 4 through 9, 11, and 12.

Optional but Recommended

Julia Evans Learning Git (Wizard Zines, 2024), https://wizardzines.com/zines/git/.
Katie Sylor-Miller and Julia Evans Oh Shit, Git! Recipes for Getting Out of a Git Mess (Wizard Zines, 2021), https://wizardzines.com/zines/oh-shit-git/.

Optional

Scott Chacon and Ben Straub Pro Git, 2nd ed. (Apress, 2014), https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2.

Examples

This week’s examples and demos.

Assignment

This week’s assignment is to follow the tasks outlined in Happy Git With R, to the point where you have a sample repo you have committed to and pushed.

Slides

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## This week ...

We'll learn about backing up your work and keeping the most important parts in a version control sytem.

## Required Reading

-   @bryanHappyGit Read *and work through* as much of this book as you can, but at least Chapters 1, 4 through 9, 11, and 12.

## Optional but Recommended

-   @evansLearningGit2024

-   @sylor-miller21:_oh_shit_git.

## Optional

-   @chacon14:_pro_git

## Examples

[This week's examples and demos](/example/06-example.qmd).

## Assignment

[This week's assignment](/assignment/06-assignment.qmd) is to follow the tasks outlined in *Happy Git With R*, to the point where you have a sample repo you have committed to and pushed.

## Slides

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