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More Git guidance #1567

Open iaindillingham opened 3 months ago

iaindillingham commented 3 months ago

The "How to use Git effectively" page offers links, but not guidance (#45). @inglesp (and possibly @sebbacon) think there's a need to offer guidance.^1 However, it's not clear what "using Git effectively" means within the context of study code. (I'm reminded of a researcher recently saying something like "I don't know how to use Git. Am I a bad person?")

We should consider:

Note that the Team Manual has a "Git and GitHub etiquette" page, which is directed at members of the tech team.

iaindillingham commented 2 months ago

@alschaffer linked to a couple of useful resources that we should also review: