Abstract
In this lesson you will be introduced to the basics of version control, understand why it is useful and implement basic version control for a plain text document using git and GitHub.
Highlights
Reviewed by Ethan Miller, Lisa Spiro, and Caleb McDaniel Recommended for Beginning Users. In this lesson you will be introduced to the basics of version control, understand why it is useful and implement basic version control for a plain text document using GitHub Desktop
By the end of this lesson you should understand: what version control is and why it can be useful the differences between Git and GitHub how to implement version control using ‘GitHub Desktop,’ a Graphical User Interface for GitHub be aware of other resources that will help you implement version control in your academic writing
If you use Linux you will probably already be familiar with the command line and will be able to use the Command Line version of Git
Summary
In this lesson you will be introduced to the basics of version control, understand why it is useful and implement basic version control for a plain text document using GitHub Desktop (https://desktop.github.com/). By the end of this lesson you should understand: what version control is and why it can be useful the differences between Git and GitHub how to implement version control using ‘GitHub Desktop,’ a Graphical User Interface for GitHub be aware of other resources that will help you implement version control in your academic writing
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