Advanced Git workshop

NWO-I Digital Competence Center

A pilot two half-day hands-on in-person workshop teaching advanced version control techniques with Git.

CWI, room L016

The NWO-I Digital Competence Center is organising a pilot workshop on Advanced Git. This hands-on, two-day in-person training takes you beyond the basics of version control and focuses on real collaboration workflows. It builds directly on the Software Carpentry curriculum (Shell, Git, Python) and helps you move from individual use of Git to effective teamwork and contribution to open-source scientific software.We’ll work with materials from <a href="https://coderefinery.github.io/git-collaborative/" title="https://coderefinery.github.io/git-collaborative/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CodeRefinery</a> and <a href="https://learngitbranching.js.org/" title="https://learngitbranching.js.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn Git Branching</a> to explore merging strategies, branching models, collaborative workflows, and contribution patterns used in major research software projects. <h3>Who is this for?</h3>Researchers, engineers, and research software developers at NWO institutes who already use Git for their own work and want to collaborate more effectively. If places remain, registration will be opened for VU and UvA participants.Lunch will be provided for participants (sign up before Thursday, January 15). <h3>Prerequisites</h3>To participate, you should have:<ol><li>Basic Git knowledge, either from the Git module of Software Carpentry or equivalent experience (e.g., follow a self-paced <a href="https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/" title="https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Version Control with Git</a> lesson by the Carpentries or <a href="https://coderefinery.github.io/git-intro/#" title="https://coderefinery.github.io/git-intro/#" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Introduction to Git </a>workshop by CodeRefinery). You should already know how to use Git from the command line for a local project (clone, add, commit, push, pull, basic branching).</li><li>A GitHub account and working Git on your laptop.</li></ol>Setup instructions for the Carpentries novice Git lesson can be found here: <a href="https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/" title="https://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Git Setup Instructions</a> <h3>The workshop will cover:</h3><h4>Day 1 – Branching, merging, and collaboration basics (January 20, 10:00 - 15:00)</h4><ul><li>Working with branches beyond the basics</li><li>Merging strategies and resolving conflicts</li><li>Rebasing and when it makes sense</li><li>Core collaboration concepts: roles, workflows, and best practices</li><li>Collaborating within the same repository (shared branches, coordinated development, conflict handling)</li><li>Interactive visual branching practice via <a href="https://learngitbranching.js.org/" title="https://learngitbranching.js.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn Git Branching</a></li></ul><h4>Day 2 – Collaborative Git in practice: Reviews, forks, and automation (January 21, 10:00 - 15:00)</h4><ul><li>Code review in GitHub: reviewing PRs, giving constructive feedback, incorporating suggested changes</li><li>Contributing to external or open-source repositories (forking workflow, managing upstream changes, submitting PRs)</li><li>Git hooks for automation and quality control</li><li>Realistic collaboration scenarios (e.g., contributing to NumPy or similar scientific projects)</li></ul> Please note, since this is the pilot workshop, the final list of topics covered in the workshop might differ from the original plan.

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