Additional Resources / Readings

Git

• “Git for humans”
  • slides from Alice Bartlett on the essential concepts of Git
• “How to Write a Git Commit Message”
  • blogpost from Chris Beams about writing good commit messages
• “Version Control with Git”
  • Software Carpentry lesson on Git
• “git - the simple guide”
  • guide from Roger Dudler on essential Git commands for the command line

Github

• “Friendly Github Workshop”
  • website from Kirstie Jane Whitaker on getting started in GitHub
• “Developing Collaborative Documents: Friendly Introduction to GitHub” slides and video
  • from Open Life Science training materials on GitHub and GitHub Pages lesson

GitHub flow and debugging

• “Understanding the GitHub flow”
  • GitHub documentation for a workflow for collaborative teams using Git branches and GitHub pull requests
• “Oh Shit, Git!?!”
  • guide from Katie Sylor-Miller on common troubleshooting fixes for Git

Other

• “Happy Git and GitHub for the useR”
  • Detailed instructions and workflows for installing Git, connecting it with GitHub, and configuring RStudio to work with Git and GitHub
• “Markdown Cheatsheet”
  • A guide from Adam Pritchard on formatting of Markdown documents