Learning Git

Estimated time: 5 minutes

Overview

Questions

• Where do I find tutorials on Git?

Objectives

• Get an overview of existing Git tutorials

Is this a Git tutorial?

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No, this is a hands-on session for you to exercise basic Git commands so that you do not have to do it with your real projects.

Take your time to do it now, not when you are busy finalizing your analysis code.

Git tutorials

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Excellent Git tutorials exist, the teaching approach varies.

• Git’s website: https://git-scm.com/doc
  • introductory videos
  • quick reference guides
  • reference manual
  • Git Pro book
  • curated external links
• W3 schools: https://www.w3schools.com/git/default.asp
  • a detailed walk-through of many Git commands
  • instructions for using remote Git repositories (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)
• CodeRefinery: https://coderefinery.github.io/git-intro/
  • good emphasis on “why”
  • starts by exploring an existing GitHub repository
• HEP Software Foundation: https://hsf-training.github.io/analysis-essentials/git/README.html
  • starts by working hands-on on a local repository
  • explains CERN GitLab features

Where do we start?

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Key Points

• Excellent Git tutorials exist.
• Take your time to work through them.