From: W. Trevor King Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:55:13 +0000 (-0400) Subject: version-control/README.md: Add a motivational paragraph X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ca811b7addcea572849b180ae6cb2d5fef5ecdea;p=swc-version-control-svn.git version-control/README.md: Add a motivational paragraph The text is adapted from 3976755 (Added the file for lesson 2, 2012-02-04), which I cherry picked out of boot-camps (where it is d48ceea) [1]. [1] https://github.com/swcarpentry/boot-camps --- ca811b7addcea572849b180ae6cb2d5fef5ecdea diff --cc version-control/README.md index 4380bdb,0000000..6d488f9 mode 100644,000000..100644 --- a/version-control/README.md +++ b/version-control/README.md @@@ -1,104 -1,0 +1,113 @@@ ++Version control is a way to keep a track of changing files and store a ++history of those changes and the motivation behind them. This ++organized history allows many people in a collaboration to make ++changes concurrently, while staying up to date with changes made by ++their collaborators. It also makes it easy to keep yourself organized ++if you store similar files in several different locations (e.g. a ++project that you develop on both your home computer and your work ++computer). ++ +Basic use +========= + +Learning objectives +------------------- + +* Draw a diagram showing the places version control stores + information. +* Check out a working copy of a repository. +* View the history of changes to a project. +* Add files to a project. +* Commit changes made to the working copy. +* Get changes from an upstream repository. +* Compare the current state of a working copy to the most recent + update from the upstream repository. +* Explain what "version 123 of `xyz.txt`" actually means. + +Key points +---------- + +* Version control is a better way to manage shared files than email or + shared folders. +* People share their changes by committing them to public repositories + and fetch other's changes by updating their local copy from public + repositories. +* The version control system prevents people from overwriting each + other's work by making merges explicit. +* It also keeps a complete history of changes made to the master so + that old versions can be recovered reliably. +* Version control systems work best with text files, but can also + handle binary files such as images and Word documents. +* Every repository is identified by a URL. +* Each change to the master copy is identified by a unique revision + ID. +* Revisions identify snapshots of the entire repository, not changes + to individual files. +* Each change should be commented to make the history more readable. +* Commits are transactions: either all changes are successfully + committed, or none are. + +Merging conflicts +================= + +Learning objectives +------------------- + +* Explain what causes conflicts to occur and how to tell when one has + occurred. +* Resolve a conflict. + +Key points +---------- + +* Conflicts must be resolved before a commit can be completed. +* Most version control systems put markers in text files to show + regions of conflict. + +Recovering old versions +======================= + +Learning objectives +------------------- + +* Discard changes made to a working copy. +* Recover an old version of a file. +* Explain what branches are and when they are used. + +Key points +---------- + +* Recovering an old version of a file may not erase the intervening + changes. +* Use branches to support parallel independent development. + +Setting up a repository +======================= + +Learning objectives +------------------- + +* How to create a repository. + +Key points +---------- + +* Repositories can be hosted locally, on local (departmental) servers, + on hosting services, or on their owners' own domains. + +Provenance +========== + +Learning objectives +------------------- + +* What data provenance is. +* How to embed version numbers and other information in files managed + by version control. +* How to record version information about a program in its output. + +Key points +---------- + +* Put version numbers in programs' output to establish provenance for + data.