Introduction to Git & GitHub
Introduction to Git & GitHub
10 March 2025, 9h30-17h00
11 March 2025, 9h30-17h00
General context
The Git & Github 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.
This course is part of a micro-credential track, a micro-credential has the added value of being like a mini-diploma. If you'd like to follow the full track, you will become able to improve the reproducibility of your research. Check this opportunity : Reproducible Data Analysis: an Essential Capability in Modern Science.
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
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.
Program
Configurations & Introduction
Coffee Break
Routine usage part 1 (status-stage-commit)
Lunch
History & Versions
From Git to GitHub
Coffee Break
Collaborating in GitHub
Recap from 1st day
Experimenting Risk Free: What are Branches in Git & GitHub
Coffee break
Experimenting Risk Free: Working with Branches
Lunch
Solving conflicts
Coffee break
Changing an old version - Another way of Branching
Practical info
10 March 2025 - 11 March 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
10 March 2025 - 11 March 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take a bus to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
10 March 2025 - 11 March 2025
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.
10 March 2025 - 11 March 2025
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.
10 March 2025 - 11 March 2025
Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Ghent - VIB/FSVM II
CMB building
L4 room