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Version Control for Researchers MEOPAR 2019 Annual Training Meeting 11-Jun-2019 Victoria Doug Latornell doug.latornell@43ravens.ca @dlatornell https://43ravens.ca/training/meopar-atm-2019-06-11/ What Is Version Control (VC)? Use software


  1. Version Control for Researchers MEOPAR 2019 Annual Training Meeting 11-Jun-2019 Victoria

  2. Doug Latornell doug.latornell@43ravens.ca @dlatornell

  3. https://43ravens.ca/training/meopar-atm-2019-06-11/

  4. What Is Version Control (VC)? Use software tools to keep a running record of 1 or more files.

  5. What Is VC? Use software tools to keep a running record of 1 or more files. Why You Should Use VC? ● Lets you revert to earlier versions of your work ● Provides a record of what changed when ● Lets you mark significant points in time ● Allows you to play "what-if?" ● Facilitates organized collaboration (with your future self, as well as with other people)

  6. What You Should Use VC For ● Model Code ● Python, R, Matlab, etc. Scripts ● Plotting Scripts ● Processed Data Files & Scripts That Made Them ● Complicated Marking Spreadsheets (especially if shared) ● Thesis ● Papers ● ToDo List ● ...

  7. What You Should Use VC For ● Model Code ● Python, R, Matlab, etc. Scripts ● Plotting Scripts ● Processed Data Files & Scripts That Made Them ● Complicated Marking Spreadsheets (especially if shared) ● Thesis ● Papers ● ToDo List ● ...

  8. Key Concept ● Data Differencing ● Given a file, and a complete set of diffs between 1 state and another, any intermediate state for which there is a diff can be reconstructed.

  9. Version Control Tools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control

  10. Ad hoc

  11. Version Control Tools ● Ad hoc thesis2.tex, JFM-21mar.doc pooh.txt, ... ● Mists of time... SCCS RCS

  12. Version Control Tools ● Ad hoc thesis2.tex, JFM-21mar.doc pooh.txt, ... ● Mists of time... SCCS RCS ● Proprietary Visual SourceSafe Perforce BitKeeper

  13. Version Control Tools ● Old School ● Ad hoc (Client/Server) thesis2.tex, JFM-21mar.doc pooh.txt, ... CVS (Concurrent Versions System) SVN (Subversion) ● Mists of time... SCCS RCS ● Proprietary Visual SourceSafe Perforce BitKeeper

  14. Version Control Tools ● Ad hoc ● Old School (Client/Server) CVS (Concurrent Versions System) thesis2.tex, JFM-21mar.doc SVN (Subversion) pooh.txt, ... ● Distributed & Open Source ● Mists of time... GNU arch SCCS Darcs RCS Monotone Bazaar ● Proprietary Git Visual SourceSafe Perforce Mercurial BitKeeper

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