Guide to using Git with GEOS-Chem

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Overview

In this Guide, we information about using the Git source code management software with GEOS-Chem.

Contents

1. Introduction to Git
2. Installing Git
3. First-time Git setup
4. Cloning (i.e. downloading for the first time)
5. Ignoring files
6. Viewing the revision history
7. Using Git GUI
8. Branching
9. Committing
10. Tagging
11. Merging
12. Receiving updates (aka pulling)
13. Using patches to share your updates with others
14. Advanced Git usage
15. Git and Github tutorials

Further reading

1. Git web page
2. Pro Git book
3. Git Cheat Sheet
4. Google "Tech Talk" by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git (Video on Youtube)
5. Google "Tech talk" by Randal Schwartz (Video on Youtube)
6. GitFlow (DataSift)