3 Why Git/GitHub

The idea here is to have a brief discussion about our motivations learning git and the benefits we anticipate.

3.1 Overview

• Teaching: 2 min
• Exercises: 5 min

3.1.1 Questions

• What our motivations for learning git/GitHub?
• What are the use cases for researchers to learn git/GitHub?

3.1.2 Objectives

• Understand the motivations of the group on attendance
• Be able to describe the various use cases for git/GitHub and identify relevant ones.
• Understand the difference between git and GitHub.

3.2 Why are we here?

1. Form small groups of up to 4 with your neighbours and discuss how you expect learning git and GitHub to benefit you.