Week 02

Version Control, Workflow and Reproducibility: Or a bit of Git & GitHub

Published

September 16, 2025

Lecture Notes

Version Control, Workflow and Reproducibility: Git & GitHub. html, notebook

Slides

Version Control, Workflow and Reproducibility: Or a bit of Git & GitHub

Readings

Required Readings

The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Science - Healy, Kieran
- Ch. 1: Introduction;
- Ch. 2: Keep a Record;
- Ch. 3: Write and Edit;
- Ch. 4: Reproduce Work.
Pro Git - Chacon & Straub
- Ch. 1: Getting Started; Read 1.1 - 1.3
- Ch. 2: Git Basics; Only read 2.1 - 2.5
- Ch. 3: Git Branching

Additional Resources and Suggested Materials

More on Git/Github in Pro Git:
- Read 1.4 - 1.7 for help on installation and commandline
- Read Ch. 6 for more information regarding Git + Github.
Ch. 13 Detect Git from RStudio -Happy Git with R - Bryan, Jenny & Jim Hester

Video about authentication