Have you ever ended up with half a dozen files called final, final_final, or final_final_pls_be_the_last? Or perhaps you’ve come across Git and felt like you’re just going through the motions of using it without seeing much benefit. You’re not alone. Tracking which version worked can be frustrating, and version management often cuts into time you’d rather spend on your research.
This talk is an introduction to Git – a tool designed to help solve this problem. You’ll learn how easy it is for Git to be used as a simple backup system, how features in Git and GitHub support project management, and how it improves the reproducibility of your research.