ABOUT THE SESSION:

Have you mistakenly overwritten programs or data and want to learn techniques to avoid repeating the loss? Version control systems are one of the most powerful tools available for avoiding data loss and enabling reproducible research. While the learning curve can be steep, our trainers are there to answer all your questions while you gain hands on experience in using Git, one of the most popular version control systems available.

Join us for this workshop where we cover the fundamentals of version control using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation (software-carpentry.org).

Please note that places are limited.

EoI applications close on Thu Nov 01 2018 and applicants will be notified by Thu Nov 08 2018 whether their application has been successful.

You'll learn how to:

● keep versions of data, scripts, and other files
● examine commit logs to find which files were changed when
● restore earlier versions of files
● compare changes between versions of a file
● push your versioned files to a remote location, for backup and to
facilitate collaboration

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

All researchers and research students.

This is one of the workshops offered through the Digital Research training program which aims to develop researchers’ digital literacy skills. Further support and resources can be found on the Digital Research website (https://goo.gl/4TGHjF).