Best practices/workflow for collaboration w/ low-git familiar collaborators?

[Elizabethcase]

Hey!

Trying out manubot for the first time -- love, among many other features, that it captures the process of writing a paper.

I'm working with a number of folks who either haven't used git or have barely used it (and in general, aren't comfortable coding). Do you have suggestions or documentation for the best workflow/best practices?

Thanks, Elizabeth

[agitter]

We have one getting started video that shows the workflow and how to edit through the GitHub web site without cloning the repository with git locally. The lead author for a large COVID-19 review also wrote some step-by-step guides. That project included several authors with minimal git experience.

In general, it can be possible to use Manubot collaboratively with contributors who are unfamiliar with git. However, it is very helpful to have at least one contributor who is more comfortable with git who can help guide the others, handle merge conflicts that arise, and so forth.

I'm quite interested in improving the writing process for those who are unfamiliar with git, so please let us know about your experience.