Introduction to GitHub
Tværs Gruppemøde, April 2025
Signe Kirk Brødbæk
Agenda
Who am I?
What is GitHub?
What can it be used for?
Why use GitHub?
Examples
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GitHub workshop, May 26
Who am I?
Primarily working on the Seedcase Project
Develop teaching material and teach workshops
R-package: Open-Source Diabetes Classifier
Admin for
steno-aarhus
on GitHub
I spend 95 % of my work time using GitHub
🙌
What is GitHub?
A website:
github.com
Stores files in
repositories
Uses version control (
Git
) to track file changes
Git
+
Hub
What can GitHub be used for?
Storing and sharing files (while tracking changes)
Creating websites
Collaboration
Reviews: Giving and receiving feedback
Communication (tasks, to-do lists, discussions)
Project management (project boards)
Why use GitHub?
Everything related to your project in one place (files, tasks, discussions, feedback, project management)
Changes are tracked
Everything is open and accessible to everyone (unless you make it private)
Eases collaboration
Examples:
GitHub.com
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GitHub Intro workshop, May 26
Gentle introduction to using GitHub for managing and working with files
Registration: Mail from Louise
Pre-workshop tasks
Questions?