Advanced git

Block 4.2: Final Bits

Jan Simson

Advanced GitHub/Lab

• You can easily start an in-browser version of VSCode
  • Just press the . key, inside a repository
• You can mark who is responsible for which parts of a repository
  • CODEOWNERS file
  • Similar to .gitignore patterns, associated with usernames
• These work on both GitHub & GitLab

Making your Repository Citeable

• You can assign a doi (digital object identifier) to your repository using Zenodo
  • Steps are outlined in this guide
• You can also add an official CITATION file, so people know how to cite the repository
  • Steps are outlined in this guide

If you have a problem

• ohshitgit.com (🇩🇪)
• LLMs e.g. ChatGPT
• Google

Going Beyond

Guides to Re-Visit

Most of the information in these guides, we already covered, but they can be great if you want to re-visit anything.

• https://learngitbranching.js.org/
• https://github.com/git-guides
• Introduction to RStudio Git & GitHub
• The Carpentries: Version Control with Git
• https://gitimmersion.com

Git Game

Further Reading

• Popular Workflow: Trunk Based Development
• Using git with data
  • git lfs
  • dvc: Data Version Control
• 📺️ So You Think You Know Git

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