Version Control

2024-03-27

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Version Control

Why do we need version control?

• Keeping track of changes

  • code

  • data file

  • save as, but not exactly, we can revert too

• Collaboration

Git and Github

• Git: keep track of changes

  • commit

  • “make change and make a comment as a reminder in the future”

• Github: website host git repos

  • Hook up with git to back up your code in cloud

  • “Google drive/ One drive”

• Introduce yourself to git and setup SSH authentication

• Create a repository

• commands

  • git add: tell git to track, stage

  • git commit: record the content has been changed

  • git push: update the remote repo

  • git pull: fetch+checkout

Next Time

• Data Visualization Basics
• Data Visualization

Homework 7

• Use github classroom to accept the assignment
• Follow the instructions
• Don’t forget committing and pushing the changes!