Git is an amazing tool for collaborative projects. In a nutshell, it enables version controlling of whatever collection of digital data you log in it. When writing a paper with other people, git makes it easy to trace changes, to ensure everyone can reach the most recent version of the text / code / experiments, and, if needed, to revert in time to restore previous versions. As a PhD student, if you want to do research with me, knowing how to navigate git is a prerequisite.

There are several guides and video tutorials available on the internet. Find the ones that work best for you!

Here’s a couple of links (feel free to PM me with better and more up-to-date suggestions!)

You are more than welcome to control the git report from the command line ;-) but, should you at some point want to use a GUI, SourceTree is a great one (for mac and windows)