Github basics

Get familiar with the Github web browser interface, make a new repository and add files and folders.

2 hours

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Quiz

Give an example of a use of Github that you learnt about in this session??

Examples

  • Collaboration as teams
  • Share documentation
  • Build websites
  • Set up presentations
  • Project management
  • Continuous integration
  • Add-on repositories for long term archiving with DOI
  • Project tracking with version control

Describe how to start editing a file in Github?

  • Press the pencil icon button.

What are the two files you need to create when making a new repository?

  • README file.
  • License file.

What is markdown script?

  • It’s a human readable script that can be use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents.
  • The syntax makes it render in a way that presents a nicely formatted document on Github or webpages.

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