Git

A list of openly available and free resources for learning and using git & Github.

Table of Contents

Overview

Using version control is an important skill for any software-driven work. One of the most common approaches for version control is to use git & Github. Here, we collect open tutorials and resources for learning git & Github.

As a very brief overview / cheat-sheet:

  • version control: is a system for managing files, keeping track of changes and different versions
  • git: is an open-source tool for doing version control
  • github: is a place (basically, a database), that uses git. Github is a privately owned service

Tutorials

The following are resources that provide tutorials for learning git and/or Github:

  • This presentation by Alice Bartlett gives a clear conceptual overview and introduces key terminology for git
  • This simple guide by Roger Dudler provides a brief and simple overview of git
  • This primer by Bradley Voytek gives a general description of what git is and how it works
  • The git website has full documentation, including a book on git
  • Github themselves have lots of documentation, including a git handbook that introduces the main concepts for version control, and a hello world page, to get started using Github
  • The try git page includes a collection of resources for learning and using git & Github
  • Atlassian have a series of tutorials for learning how to use git
  • This journal article provides a quick introduction to using git & Github for scientists
  • Software Carpentry have a introductory tutorial for getting started with git
  • This tutorial video steps through a hands-on tutorial for using Github for researchers
  • The PSModels git tutorial is a comprehensive online textbook introducing git & Github

Tips and Tricks

Useful tips, tricks, and cheat-sheets for git include:

Exercises

Dedicated exercises for learning and practicing git:

Other Lists

There are other collections of git & github related links, including: