Version Control

The readings / videos for the this week cover a type of technology called “version control” that allows programmers to keep track of their programs and collaborate with other programmers. We will be using a specific type of version control called “Git” in this class to share programs between pairs.

Version Control with Git

• What is Version Control? (reading)
• Git Handbook (reading)
• w3Schools Git Intro
• w3Schools Git Get Started
• w3Schools Git New Files
• w3Schools Git Staging Environment
• w3Schools Git Commit
• w3Schools Git Help
• CloudBees Git Push Tutorial (Stop reading at Git Push: Several Usage Examples)
• CloudBees Git Pull Tutorial

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Summary + Question

Read the readings and watch the videos. Doing this will help you begin to understand the concepts we will be working with this week. As you do the readings, I want you to specifically focus on thinking about version control: what it is and why do we need it? Once you’ve finished the readings, write up a short summary: why do we need version control, and how is it different than how I’ve shared work with group members in the past?

Then, write down a question. It can be a point of confusion or a needed clarification about anything in the readings, or it can be something interesting that you thought about while you were reading that goes beyond the reading. Or it can be an example you thought about, or a connection you made between the concepts here and other parts of your life. But write down a good question or example based on what you were thinking about while reading.

The summary + question for this week can be submitted on Canvas.