Intro to Version Control and Git

Planning Notes

• Focus on git for own use, leave collaboration and github for day 2
• 60 or 90 minutes?
• maybe Doug intro VC, then Julia intro git?

Learning Goals

1. Learn what a Version Control System is
2. Set up a git repository on your local machine
3. Practice adding files to the version control system
4. Understand how to go back to previous versions of files
5. Practice using branches
6. Practice merging

Intro to Version Control

• A few slides about the basic concepts of version control and the history of version control tools

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