Git and Github: version control for the 21st century

Presented at PyLadies Montreal.

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1. PyLadies Montréal :: October 22, 2013 version control for the 21st century and :
2. about me - Wendy Liu - Math & CS at McGill - 2.5 years experience with Git
3. what is git?
4. what is git? version control system!
5. svn/perforce: local vs. remote comparison to other systems
6. svn/perforce: local vs. remote hg/bzr: faster, more control comparison to other systems
7. svn/perforce: local vs. remote hg/bzr: faster, more control cvs/rcs: no comparison comparison to other systems
8. backup_dec_1_2012.zip backup_dec_8_2012.zip backup_dec_15_2012.zip backup_dec_22_2012.zip backup_dec_29_2012.zip backup_jan_5_2012.zip backup_jan_12_2012.zip backup_jan_19_2012.zip backup_jan_26_2012.zip
9. report_v1.doc report_v2.doc report_v3.doc report_v4.doc
10. keeps track of changes enter git.
11. keeps track of changes extremely flexible enter git.
12. keeps track of changes extremely flexible developed by linus torvalds enter git.
13. keeps track of changes extremely flexible developed by linus torvalds completely free to use (and open source!) enter git.
14. keeps track of changes extremely flexible developed by linus torvalds completely free to use (and open source!) primarily command-line enter git.
15. website what is github?
16. website collaborative coding, via git what is github?
17. website collaborative coding, via git (mostly) free to use what is github?
18. website collaborative coding, via git (mostly) free to use major part of developer ecosystem (esp. OSS) what is github?
19. why git?
20. why git? diffs
21. why git? diffs backups
22. why git? diffs backups collaboration
23. what git can do for you versioning easy collaboration blame tracking down bugs safe experimentation statistics
24. what github can do for you issue-tracking even easier collaboration remote backups access your files from anywhere graphical, easy-to-use UI
25. now: how git works
26. repository directory on filesystem just metadata (changes) manual grouping of changes
27. commit group of logically-related changes 1 or more files (add/delete/modify)
28. staging index CHANGES I WANT IN MY NEXT COMMIT ALL THE OTHER CHANGES
29. git commit -m 'test' CHANGES I WANT IN MY NEXT COMMIT ALL THE OTHER CHANGES a new commit, with message 'test'
30. CHANGES I WANT IN MY NEXT COMMIT ALL THE OTHER CHANGES the commit with message 'test' (nothing here yet)
31. git demo
32. github demo
33. further resources help.github.com gitimmersion.com git-scm.com/book try.github.com git man pages (git help, git help [command]) github.com/Gazler/githug
34. thanks! @dellsystem