GIT Version Control for Non Coders

GIT Version Control for Non Coders

• Title of Class: GIT Version Control for Writers
• Class Facilitator: di franco
• Overview: Git is an awesome noncentralized, distributed collaboration tool that coders use to work on code together. Learn how to use git version control to collaboratively edit legal documents, novels, and even comics. You don't have to be a coder to use git.

Useful Tools

Software

Installing Git

• Railsbridge has a great "How to install Ruby + Git" on linux / Macintosh / Windows machines - http://installfest.heroku.com/installfest/choose_your_operating_system
• Mac
  • Installing GitHub for Mac http://mac.github.com/ (for teacher: this might be easier for beginners than hitting them with the command line)

Tutorials Elsewhere

• Cool Git Tutorial from Github http://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1