"If you've got Git, you must commit"

Today’s session with Git/GitHub once again underscored how capriciously tools can behave on different workstations.  We learned a fair amount, but there were still many frustrations for various members of the group. What did I learn?

  • The difference between Git vs Github
  • Once again, evidence of how difficult it is to teach a group with differing levels of technological comfort
  • The meaning of the symbols representing changes in text ( e.g., -0,0 +1.1)
  • Importance of using descriptive titles for Commits.
  • There were many other teaching moments, and we were also shown how to clone repositories, but I’m not sure we (well, I) necessarily understood how it actually functions.
Karen Green

Author: Karen Green

Karen Green has worked at the Columbia University Libraries as librarian for Ancient & Medieval History since 2002, and has been the Graphic Novels librarian since 2005. In 2015, she also became adjunct curator for Comics and Cartoons in Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She has a B.A. from NYU in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, an M.A. and M.Phil. from Columbia University in Medieval History, and an M.L.I.S. from Rutgers University. Karen believes that no one is defined by the relatively narrow set of interests that constitute their official job responsibilities (evidenced, at the very least, by her expansion into comics three years into her job at Columbia). Having lived in New York City since 1978, and loved the city since first visiting in 1969, she is particularly excited by the historical exploration that drives the Morningside Project. Her subject of inquiry is the Lion Brewery, once situated on Columbus Avenue between 107th and 109th Streets, a choice driven in part by her fifteen years as a bartender in NYC (1978-1993).