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==Gitorious== | ==Gitorious== | ||
[https://gitorious.org/ Gitorious] is a good place to start connecting with a Git service | [https://gitorious.org/ Gitorious] is a good place to start connecting with a Git service with a web interface that is itself also [[free software]] (unlike Github). Accounts are gratis and provide the best option for learning Git outside of class and our usual terminal interface | ||
'''Note:''' Of course, nothing is stopping you from just ssh'ing into any git server like you usually would. You can also install your own git server on your own computer. | |||
1. Create a repository and readme. | |||
2. Upload a file. | |||
3. Search for code you like or could improve. | |||
4. Fork something someone poorly wrote, improve it, and push it back to them. | |||
This will give you the basic, visual understanding of how version control works and why we use it. | This will give you the basic, visual understanding of how version control works and why we use it. |