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An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop

Van Strien, D; (2016) An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop. The Programming Historian Green open access

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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 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

Type: Article
Title: An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/getting-st...
Language: English
Additional information: The Programming Historian ISSN 2397-2068, is released under the CC-BY 2.0 license.
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research > Library Services
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540320
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