Homework 6: Git and Reproducible Workflow

Put your course work under version control and build a readable history. You will create a repository, stage and commit changes in meaningful increments, inspect what changed and when, exclude files that do not belong in history, and synchronize your work with a remote.

Related session: Session 7 — Git and Reproducible Workflow

Topics Covered

• Why version control exists: history, recovery, and accountable authorship
• Commits as snapshots; the working tree, staging area, and repository
• git status, git add, git commit, git log, git diff
• .gitignore and what does not belong in a repository
• Remotes, push and pull; writing meaningful commit messages

Instructions

The detailed tasks and submission instructions for this assignment have not been posted yet. Please check back after the October 7 session.