41 Ideas for content

41.1 Common workflow questions

41.1.1 Common predicaments and how to recover/avoid

https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/743457387730735104

41.1.2 Keep something out of Git

List it in .gitignore.

41.1.3 I didn’t mean to commit that

Committing things you didn’t mean to (too big, secret). How to undo.

41.2 git stuff

Git explainers, heavy on the diagrams

https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/743548245645791232

A Visual Git Reference
http://marklodato.github.io/visual-git-guide/index-en.html

A successful Git branching model
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

A successful Git branching model considered harmful
https://barro.github.io/2016/02/a-succesful-git-branching-model-considered-harmful/

Git Tutorials from Atlassian https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/

Software Carpentry Git Novice Lesson
http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/

Michael Freeman slides on Git collaboration
http://slides.com/michaelfreeman/git-collaboration#/

GitHub Training materials
https://services.github.com/kit/

Git for Ages 4 and Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7BgIvC-uQ

Learn Git Branching
http://learngitbranching.js.org

A Git Workflow Walkthrough Series http://vallandingham.me/git-workflow.html

  • Part 1: Feature Branches
  • Part 2: Reviewing Pull Requests
  • Part 3: Reviewing Pull Requests Locally
  • Part 4: Merging Pull Requests

Git from the inside out
https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/two/git-from-the-inside-out

41.3 Disaster recovery

http://stackoverflow.com/questions?sort=votes

Break it down:

  • Is something wrong with my filesystem/files?
  • Is my git repo messed up?
  • How can I keep this from happening again?

Rebase avoidance techniques.

Headless state. Rebase hell.

What to do when you can’t, e.g., switch branches. Stashing and WIP commits.

41.4 Engage with R source on GitHub

Browsing

Searching

Being a useful useR

  • stay informed re: development
  • use issues for bug reports, feature requests
  • make pull requests

41.5 Workflow and psychology

Stress of working in the open

Workflows for group of 1, 2, 5, 10