Introduction to Git & GitHub
6 and 7 November 2024
General context
This workshop will take you through the basic use of Git and GitHub. Git is a free and open source distributed version-control system designed to maintain code, track changes, recover old versions and collaborate with other developers.
Get you started with Git from zero (note that if you already use Git, this workshop will be too basic for you). We'll explore Git on the command-line and its interaction with GitHub.
- Introduction, set-up & configurations
- Working locally: Create a repository, clone, edit, staging commits, commit & push
- Working with your history & logs
- Working in a project: Branching & pull requests
- Collaborate with other people in your project
During the workshop we also briefly discuss how you can setup a collaboration project.
This course is intended for researchers who are learning or using a programming language (R, Python, ...) and might have an existing project with code or text files that need track of changes. If you intend to make your code collaborative, bonus points for you!
IMPORTANT! Some basic knowledge of the command-line is STRONGLY advised for this course (e.g. this tutorial).
Trainers
Bruna Piereck
Bruna Piereck is a bioinformatics trainer at VIB and ELIXIR-BE training coordinator deputy. She obtained a Master and PhD degree in Molecular Genetics, with a focus on Bioinformatics from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2019. During her PhD, she had the chance to collaborate with the university of Luxembourg and the McGill university in Quebec Canada for a short time. Ever since she has been involved with teaching and research and Since March 2022, she joined VIB with the mission of teaching and assist other trainers in a variety of topics.
James Collier
I am a software engineer with over 10 years of professional experience on systems ranging from tiny embedded medical microchips, through to web applications and high-performance supercomputers. I grew up in a small town in rural Australia then completed a PhD at Monash University applying information compression to the protein structural alignment problem. Now I live in the Netherlands with my lovely wife and three children. Currently, I work for VIB Technologies building web applications. You can find out more about me here: https://james.thecolliers.xyz/
Program
Configurations & Introduction
Coffe Break
Routine usage part 1 (status-stage-commit)
Lunch
History & Versions
From Git to GitHub
Coffe Break
Collaborating in GitHub
Recap from 1st day
Experimenting Risk Free: What are Branchs in Git & GitHub
Coffe Break
Experimenting Risk Free: Working with Branchs
Lunch
Solving Conflicts
Coffee Break
Changing an old version - Another way of Branching
Coffee Break
Forking
Practical info
06 November 2024 - 07 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
06 November 2024 - 07 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take a bus to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
06 November 2024 - 07 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Looking for a custom cycling route? Try the online cycling route planner to easily and quickly identify the fastest, safest and/or most scenic route to any destination in Ghent.
Cycling route planner
Shared bicycles:
Several providers are active in the area.
Take a look at their platforms:
- Indigo Weel Pro app
- Bluebike
- DOTT
- BOLT eBikes
- Donkey Republic
There are also some public bicycle pumps at the park.
06 November 2024 - 07 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
There is only one entrance to Technologiepark. At the entrance, please take a ticket - Parking is only allowed in regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or in other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited.
06 November 2024 - 07 November 2024
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Gent - VIB/FSVM II
CMB building
L4 room