Git Internals
Attending
Anyone interested in learning a bit more about what makes the version control system, Git, tick.
Git Internals with Michael Hannon
As I noticed the haphazard computing practices at the company, I tried to bring
to the company the gospel of Duncan, leading to my giving an introductory talk
about git, which I had been using rather casually for a number of years. That
exercise piqued my interest in git. Where do those monstrous ID numbers come
from in the first place? Where do the files really go when you make a new
commit or switch to a new branch? What is this HEAD thing that keeps popping
up in discussions of git.
This talk is basically a core dump of my brief exploration of those kinds of
questions.
Short bio
My educational background is in physics, with an emphasis on computational physics. Through a circuitous route, I wound up managing a small computer-support group in the UCD Physics department, which I did until I retired.
I got interested in computational statistics when I accompanied my wife (a research scientist with a group in the Stanford medical school, applying statistics to genetics) to one of Duncan Temple Lang’s classes. There I discovered that (a) the material was interesting, and (b) and lot of my background was relevant to the topics.
I currently have a cheesy, hourly job at Stanford, supporting my wife’s computing efforts. I’m also an unpaid consultant to a small, start-up company in Davis. (It pays to stay in school ;-)
Prerequisites
You should have basic familiarity with Git and/or other version control systems. Additionally, we will be using basic BASH commands and some Python scripts, so basics in programming will be helpful. Be sure to install the needed software shown below before coming to the tutorial.
Installation
The linked installation instructions will setup a basic environment on your operating system of choice (Windows, Mac, Linux) that will give you access to BASH, Python, Git, and R. In addition, you will need an up-to-date web browser.
Software Carpentry Standard Installation
Materials
https://github.com/DavisDaddy/hacker-talks/tree/master/internals
Lightning Talks
Please let us know if you’d like to give and informal 3-5 minute lightning talk. Post and issue or a pull request at:
https://github.com/thehackerwithin/davis
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