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OST-HS23: Open Science Tools
authoring and publishing workflows for collaborative scientific writing

Lars Schöbitz

October 17, 2023

Version Control

Version Control with Git and GitHub

A way to share files with others, so they can:

• download
• re-use
• contribute

You can view the history of files, and jump back in time to any point.

Why is it useful?

Git and GitHub

• Git is a software for version control
• Created in 2005
• Popular among programmers collaboratively developing code
• Tracks changes in a set of files (directory/folder/repository)

• GitHub is a hosting platform for version control using Git
• Launched in 2008, aquired by Microsoft in in 2018 for US$ 7.5 billion
• 100 million Users (20.5 in 2022 alone) (October 2023)

Version Control - Terminology

Our turn

Stage -> Commit -> Push

• Open your exercises repository in RStudio on Posit Cloud
• Open the Git pane
• Stage all files by clicking on the checkbox
• Click Commit button
• Add a commit message
• Click Commit button
• Click Push button
• Add GitHub username
• Add GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT)

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Your turn

• Exchange GitHub usernames with your neighbor
• Open your exercises project in RStudio on Posit Cloud
• Find the issue tracker
• Open an issue with the title “Prepare about.qmd for personal website”
• Add yourself and your neighbor to the list of Assignees on the right panel
• Add a comment to the issue and tag the course instructor (@larnsce) and the Assignee to ask for a review
• Click Submit new issue

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