Automated Version Control

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Comic: a PhD student sends "FINAL.doc" to their supervisor, but after several increasingly intense and frustrating rounds of comments and revisions they end up with a file named "FINAL_rev.22.comments49.corrections.10.#@$%WHYDIDCOMETOGRADSCHOOL????.doc"
“notFinal.doc” by Jorge Cham, https://www.phdcomics.com

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Changes Are Saved Sequentially

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Different Versions Can be Saved

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Multiple Versions Can be Merged

Navigating Files and Directories

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The file system is made up of a root directory that contains sub-directoriestitled bin, data, users, and tmp

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Like other directories, home directories are sub-directories underneath"/Users" like "/Users/imhotep", "/Users/larry" or"/Users/nelle"

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A directory tree below the Users directory where "/Users" contains thedirectories "backup" and "thing"; "/Users/backup" contains "original","pnas_final" and "pnas_sub"; "/Users/thing" contains "backup"; and"/Users/thing/backup" contains "2012-12-01", "2013-01-08" and"2013-01-27"

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A directory tree below the Users directory where "/Users" contains thedirectories "backup" and "thing"; "/Users/backup" contains "original","pnas_final" and "pnas_sub"; "/Users/thing" contains "backup"; and"/Users/thing/backup" contains "2012-12-01", "2013-01-08" and"2013-01-27"

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General syntax of a shell command

Working With Files and Directories

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screenshot of nano text editor in action with the text It's not publish or perish any more, it's share and thrive

Setting Up Git

Creating a Repository

Tracking Changes

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The Git Staging Area

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The Git Commit Workflow

Exploring History

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Git Checkout

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https://figshare.com/articles/How_Git_works_a_cartoon/1328266
https://figshare.com/articles/How_Git_works_a_cartoon/1328266

Ignoring Things

Remotes in GitHub

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Creating a Repository on GitHub (Step 1)

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Creating a Repository on GitHub (Step 2)

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Creating a Repository on GitHub (Step 3)

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The Local Repository with Git Staging Area

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Freshly-Made GitHub Repository

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Where to Find Repository URL on GitHub

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Changing the Repository URL on GitHub

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GitHub Repository After First Push

Hosting Websites on GitHub

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Repository 'Settings' button in GitHub interface

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Select 'Pages' tab in repository settings

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Set default branch for the website in repository settings

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URL where the project website will be published by GitHub Pages

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Project website URL - indication of a successful build

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Our first website rendered by GitHub and showing the contents of README

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About section of a repository - edit repository details

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Create index.md file

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Add 'About' section to index.md file

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Create another page in GitHub called 'about.md'

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Rendered contents of the 'about.md' page

Collaborating

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screenshot of repository page with Settings then Collaborators selected, showing how to add Collaborators in a GitHub repository

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After Creating Clone of Repository

Conflicts

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The Conflicting Changes