Resources¶

A curated collection of resources to continue your Git and GitHub journey after the workshop.

Essential Reading¶

Resource	Why It's Useful
Pro Git Book	The definitive Git reference. Free online. Chapters 1–3 cover everything from the workshop.
GitHub Skills	Interactive courses that run in GitHub repos. Great for continued practice.
Software Carpentry: Git	Git lesson designed specifically for researchers.
The Turing Way	Guide to reproducible research, including version control best practices.
Happy Git for the useR	Essential if you work in R.

Notebooks and Git have a complicated relationship. These tools help:

Tool	What It Does
nbstripout	Auto-strips cell outputs before commit; keeps diffs clean
Jupytext	Syncs `.ipynb` with plain-text `.py` files for readable diffs
nbdime	Diff and merge tools built for notebooks
ReviewNB	Visual notebook diffs in GitHub Pull Requests

Resource	What It Does
GitHub + Zenodo	Get a DOI for your repo - cite your code like a paper
Choose a License	Simple guide to open-source licences for research code
JOSS	Publish your research software as a citable paper
FAIR4RS	Why making code Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable matters

Resource	Best For
Oh Shit, Git!?!	Plain-English fixes for common Git mistakes
Git Flight Rules	Comprehensive FAQ - "I did X, how do I fix it?"
Visual Git Reference	Diagrams showing what each command actually does
GitHub Git Cheat Sheet (PDF)	Print-friendly two-page command reference

Feature	How Researchers Use It
GitHub Pages	Publish project docs as a website
GitHub Actions	Automate tests, data validation, figure generation
GitHub Codespaces	Full dev environment in the browser - no local setup
GitHub Organizations	Shared space for your lab group
GitHub Discussions	Forum-style project Q&A