Date:
Friday, October 28, 2016, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Location:
CLER lab, Shad Hall, HBS 70 N Harvard St. Boston, MA
Date:
Friday, October 28, 2016, 9:30am to 12:30pm
See also: Other Workshops, Upcoming Workshops
Location:
CLER lab, Shad Hall, HBS 70 N Harvard St. Boston, MA
This hands-on workshop will take you through the steps of using git and Github, to track changes, revert to older versions, and share your files with other people. Ultimately, to keep you organized and reduce the clutter of files in your projects.
Version control software allows you to save “versions” of files -- scripts, text files, web pages, data, etc. -- which show the changes that were made to the files over time, and allows you to backtrack if necessary and undo those changes. The ability alone – of being able to compare two versions or reverse changes, makes it fairly invaluable when working on larger projects. Even more so when collaborating in research groups.
Prerequisite: This workshop is appropriate for those with some prior experience using the Unix command line: in particular navigating the filesystem and using basic commands like cat, head, and nano.
This workshop is free for Harvard and MIT affiliates. Click here to sign up!