@article{discovery1540320, journal = {The Programming Historian}, month = {June}, year = {2016}, title = {An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop}, note = {The Programming Historian ISSN 2397-2068, is released under the CC-BY 2.0 license.}, issn = {2397-2068}, url = {http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/getting-started-with-github-desktop}, 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}, author = {Van Strien, D} }