Starting with Git

Suggested Resources
I'm looking for a ... | Link | Description |
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Detailed guide to walk me through the set-up of git and GitHub | Software Carpentry Guide to Version Control with Git | The summary and set up page provides information about how to install git and creating a GitHub Account. Episodes 2 and 3 within the guide are about how to set up git and create the repository. The subsequent episodes provide practical advice on how to use git |
Cheat sheet of git commands | GitHub git cheat sheet | Cheat sheet of git commands with explanation about what each of the commands do. A pdf version is also available |
Simple English explanation of these fixes I copy and paste when I mess up | Oh Shit, Git?! | My go-to guide for when I inevitably mess up. It helped to demystify fixes which I (dangerously) blindly copied from StackOverflow |
Simple English explanation of what version control is and why it is important for reproducible research | The Turing Way book's chapter on Version Control | An approximate 5-minute read which is perfect for sharing with others or PIs to bring them on board with using git |
Book that can tell me everything I can know about git | Pro git book | I do NOT recommend this for beginners. But, if you're the kind of person that needs to really understand something to use it. This is the perfect resource. |
Guide that is linked to a course at Imperial College London | Imperial Grad School course - Introduction to git and GitHub | |
Way to find out about upcoming Software Carpentry workshops | Software Carpentry website about upcoming workshops | This shows upcoming workshops around the world |
Using Git and GitHub for project management | Git and GitHub for efficient project management and collaboration: a mini-tutorial | Blog post on how git can be used for more than just version control |
None of these work for me... Do you have any others?
Overviews
- Overview of
git
commands - Git for Beginners: The Definitive Practical Guide - Visual Git cheat sheet
Detailed Guides
- Pro Git book
- The Git Basics chapter covers the most common
git
commands and operations - If you'd like to use branches, I highly recommend the chapter on Git Branching
- The Git Tools chapter explores "a number of very powerful things that Git can do that you may not necessarily use on a day-to-day basis but that you may need at some point"
- The Git Basics chapter covers the most common
- Git documentation
- GitHub training manual
- Less detailed than the book and documentation
- Very useful information on getting started with
git
- Written for teaching developers how to use
git
making it very useful for getting to grips withgit
and is very practical
More Imperial Grad School Courses
These have been created by the Imperial College Research Computing Service
- Introduction to Git and GitHub for Software Development
- Further Git and GitHub for Effective Collaboration
Another useful course that's not related to git
is Essential Software Engineering for Researchers