Git, GitHub & GitHub Actions

Note

• Date: Wednesday, 28th September 2022
• Time: 15:00-17:00
• Location: Living Lab, University Library (Utrecht Science Park)
• Presentation: Getting Started With Git, GitHub & GitHub Actions
• Presenters: Neha Moopen & Jelle Treep

Let’s Git Started!

On 28th September 2022, we had our first Programming Cafe! The Programming Cafe is a ‘relaunch’ of the popular R Cafe, from the pre-corona days.

We discussed the use of Git, GitHub & GitHub Actions during this edition of the Programming Cafe. Beginners were shown how to get started with GitHub without any coding, while intermediate/advanced users were introduced to the Git workflow and GitHub Actions.

Slides

Check out the slides below:

Exercises

The exercises are a selection from https://skills.github.com/.

Beginner: Getting started With GitHub

• Introduction to GitHub
• Communicate Using Markdown
• GitHub Pages

Intermediate: Working with GitHub

• Review Pull Requests
• Resolve Merge Conflicts

Advanced: GitHub Actions

• Quickstart
• Hello GitHub Actions
• Continuous Integration

Further Reading

• Build & Test Python
• Render RMarkdown Using GitHub Actions

Utrecht University’s GitHub Organization

We greatly encourage the use of Git & GitHub in research projects. Utrecht University maintains a GitHub organization for staff and students: https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity.

Here is a video about Utrecht University’s GitHub organization: