Introduction to Git and GitHub

Intro to Git and GitHub with motivating example and practice session using RStudio
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version-control
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RStudio
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instructional documentation example & source code

Abstract

Every file in the scientific process changes. Manuscripts are edited. Figures get revised. Code gets fixed when bugs are discovered. These changes are essential to track, and yet, we often use simplistic filenames to track them. Is there a better way? YES, version control. Version control provides an organized and transparent way to track changes in code and additional files. Git is a version control software, and GitHub is a website that allows users to store their Git repositories and share them with others. This lesson is a friendly introduction to these tools. It explains the main concepts and walks you through the Git and GitHub workflow using RStudio.