Lesson	Overview
1. Setting up Git	Configuring Git for use
2. Creating a repository	Creating a local git repository
3. Tracking Changes	Adding and commiting files
4. Exploring History	Comparing various versions of tracked files
5. Ignoring Things	Excluding specific files and directories from version control
6. Remotes in Github	Pushing and pulling from a remote repository

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Attribution Notice

• This workshop material is heavily inspired by :
  1. Software Carpentry Introduction to Version Control with Git and
  2. Happy Git with R

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Setup

• If possible, we do recommend using the Remote option over Local ( Especially for Windows hosts). This will eliminate the need to install any additional applications

• Remote option will require an existing NeSI Account

Remote

Log into NeSI Mahuika Jupyter Service

1. Follow https://jupyter.nesi.org.nz/hub/login

2. Enter NeSI username, HPC password and 6 digit second factor token
   

3. Choose server options as below
   >>make sure to choose the correct project code nesi02659, number of CPUs CPUs=2, memory 4 GB prior to pressing button.

Local

Local host setup - Windows, MacOS & Linux

Windows HostsMacOSLinux

• Git for Windows from https://git-scm.com/download/win

• Native terminal client is sufficient.
• It might not comes with wget download data via command line (can be installed with $ brew install wget)
• However, it is not required as we provide a direct link to download data in .zip format

• Native terminal client is sufficient.