Getting Started with Git and GitHub at UU Geosciences

Presentation for the workshop Getting Started with Git and GitHub. This presentation introduces basic Git and GitHub concepts, after this presentation hands on working with GitHub desktop occurs. As a precursor to the workshop, attendees are asked to create a GitHub.com account, install GitHub Desktop, and install a recomended code editor such as VS Code, VS Codium, Sublime, or R Studio. The workflow of the hands-on section is as follows: Create a repository in GitHub Choose an owner Name the repository Write a short description Initialize with a README file Choose a license Choose a .gitignore template Clone the repository locally with GitHub Desktop Change the local repository path because local computer management and syncronynization with network drive can cause issues. Explore the GitHub Desktop interface Open repository from GitHub Desktop into a code editor Make a change to the README.md file Commit change to local repository Push to remote repository View change in GitHub.com Check for update by reloading repository page Press the "." key to open hosted VS Code editor in webpage Make another change to README.md Commit change to README.md in hosted VS Code Go back to view change in GitHub.com Fetch origin in GitHub Desktop See that GitHub Desktop does not show the change made remotely Push fetch origin to tell GitHub Desktop to look for remote updates Pull from origin Check updates locally in file explorer and code editor Create code file in local repository Create or copy code file to local repository Create a functioning code function Commit change when code function is functional Write commit message and long description Create config file Create config file with secrets like SSH private keys, passwords, AWS keys, etc See change in GitHub desktop Right click to ignore config file Check to see change from new config file as Git addition to .gitignore file update. Create config.template file to demonstrate proper config file availability for other users Commit changes with the .gitignore update and new config.template file Q&A (FAQ below) How do I add collaborators? How do I join UU organizational account? How do I see Git history? How do I handle multiple file updates but unrelated functionality? When do I commit? Use example of working while commuting to the office (safety commit