Practicing Git at Princeton

Ready to learn about version control through git? You can follow along here.

Version control is...

... vastly superior to keeping track of projects through email attachments.

Cloning a repository...

... is leading us into war. The Clone Wars, that is.

"Adding", "committing" and "pushing" changes...

... you just said three things that all mean the same thing.

You need to fork when...

... you want to make a copy of a repository.

An interactive poem about version control:

(Click to advance.)

More about open source

Free, open source software is software that is shared freely and available to build upon. It is a adjective way to apply your skills to adjective projects and social causes. You can participate by writing or reviewing code, answering users' questions, translating the interface to another noun, making video tutorials to help new users, and myriad other ways. Open source software is often produced by lots of nouns collaborating across noun and noun, and this event specially welcomes nouns to that style of noun.

Open source participation is one way to gain noun skills and make connections that will last you through your career. Volunteer staff will include professionals and academics who use open source daily.

Who we are

This tutorial was put together by Shauna Gordon-McKeon and Asheesh Laroia of OpenHatch. We're a non-profit that helps people get involved in open source. We especially like running events on college campuses. You can learn more.

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch with us, the best thing to do is to email us. Try this: hello@openhatch.org
You can also find us on IRC at #openhatch on FreeNode. Click here for web chat.

Further resources

Try Git
The official git book
Git Immersion

Image sources

The Princeton shield and Alexander Hall images are in public domain