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title: '2021-03-30 <br> SWD2: Version Control with Git/ GitHub'

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# 2021-03-30 <br> SWD2: Version Control with Git/ GitHub

Welcome to the hack pad for SWD2 course from Research Computing at the University of Leeds!

You can edit this document using [Markdown syntax](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/).

## Contents

1. [Links to resource](#Links-to-resources)
2. [Agenda](#Agenda)
3. [Pre workshop prep](#Pre-workshop-prep)
4. [What's your name and where do you come from?](#What’s-your-name-and-where-do-you-come-from)


## Links to resources

- **Contact Research Computing** - https://bit.ly/arc-help
- **Request HPC account** - https://leeds.service-now.com/it?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=4c002dd70f235f00a82247ece1050ebc
- **Presentation for today** - https://arctraining.github.io/swd2_git/
- **GitHub** - https://github.com/
- **Using GitHub via the web interface** - https://github.com/YaleDHLab/lab-workshops/tree/master/intro-to-git

## Pre workshop prep

This workshop is a hands on workshop so you will be expected to do some typing today!

To help get you up to speed please do the following prep:

1. Register for an account with GitHub (we'd encourage with your University email) via https://github.com/join
![](https://i.imgur.com/OGYbh5E.png)
2. Make sure you have access to a terminal/shell with git installed
    
    - If you're using a Mac/Linux machine you're all set! (These come with a terminal and git installed already)
    
    - If you're using Windows you'll need to do the following:
        1. Install Anaconda, [click here to download the installer](https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2020.11-Windows-x86_64.exe) (watch this video guide - https://mymedia.leeds.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/09302f838ced49af803054090c449b331d?autoStart=false)
        2. Once installed open the Anaconda prompt
        ![](https://i.imgur.com/ftYIKMo.png)
        3. From the Anaconda prompt install git-bash using the command `conda install -c conda-forge git-bash==2.22.0` type `y` when prompted
        ![](https://i.imgur.com/eQlY7ZW.png)
        4. Once installed successfully, type `git-bash` into Anaconda prompt
        ![](https://i.imgur.com/nnrLgtG.png)
            A new terminal should then appear 
        ![](https://i.imgur.com/e1AKqRd.png)
        And you've successfully installed git-bash 🎉
        5. To make it easier to start in the future pin it to your taskbar
        ![](https://i.imgur.com/DrIPkWw.png)
        
        **You're now all set for SWD2!**




## Agenda


| Time     | Agenda                                     |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| 0900     | Intro, setup, what is version control?     |
| 0950     | Break                                      |
| 1000     | Configuring git, creating a repositories   |
| 1050     | Break                                      |
| 1100     | The commit cycle, exploring history        |
| 1150     | Break                                      |
| 1200     | Adding in GitHub                           |
| 1230     | Close                                      |



## What's your name and where do you come from?
- Alex Coleman, research software engineer in Research computing
- Patricia Ternes, Researcher in Simulating Urban Systems at the School of Geography.
- John Hodrien, Research Software Engineer
- Ramona Behravan post-doc in design and AI
- Macauley Locke, PhD student Mathematical Biology
- Josefa Sepúlveda, PhD student
- Khatun E Zannat, Post graduate researcher, ITS
- Michele Di Lecce, PhD Student School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Niall Gallop Research Technician, LICAP
- Andrea De Santis, Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Process Engineering - CFD developer
- Tom Dally, postdoc, School of Biology
- Moisés Rojas Rechy, PhD Biological Sciences (Structural Virology)
- Eve Shalom, PhD Student, School of Physics and Astronomy, working on CFD in biological tissues
- Gise Tomé Lourido, Lecturer in Linguistics and Phonetics.
- David Klebl, PhD student in biomedical sciences, mostly image processing for cryo-EM
- Sam Llanwarne, PhD Computer Science and Medicine
- Oliver Bramley, PhD student in chemistry, model quantum systems and electronic structure
- Cordula Wittekind, PhD student in geography, hydrological modelling
- Lucy Godson, PhD student school of computing
- Cedrick O'Shaughnessy, Postdoctoral fellow @ School of Chemistry. 
- Catherine Hogg, MSc student Precision Medicine
- Caroline Tait, PhD Geography
- Sijia Li, PhD Statistics
- Muyang Zhang, PhD,Statistics
- Sam Haysom, PhD Structural Biology
- Shenghao Qiu, PhD student, School of Computing
- Nazia Ahmed, PhD Computational Biology
- Shradhanjali Sahu, PhD student, Electronic and Electrical Engineering


### Code along


### Git Config

When we start using git it's helpful to set some defaults using the following commands:

```bash=
$ git config --global user.name "<your name>"
$ git config --global user.email "<your email>"
$ git config --global color.ui "auto"
$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main
$ git config --global core.editor "nano -w"

# if on windows
$ git config --global core.autocrlf true
```