Git Resources

I recommend signing up for the GitHub Student Developer Pack.

Initial Setup

If you have never used Git before, you need to configure your user identity. Run the following commands:

git config --global user.email you@domain.com
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Git Interfaces

• Tower (avialable free with Student Pack)
• GitKraken (available free with Student Pack)

Example .gitignore

This is a good starting point for a .gitignore file for Python data science projects. Put its contents in a file called .gitignore in your repository.

.DS_Store/
# Ignore editor directories & files
.vscode/
.idea/
*~
*.swp
*.bak

# Ignore Python cache & output
__pycache__/
*.pyc
*.pyo

# Ignore IPynb test dirs
.ipynb_checkpoints/

# generic log and output files
*.log
*.out
*.prof
*.lprof

# Python environments for CodeSpaces
pythonenv*/

Even if I have things like .DS_Store/ in my personal ignore file, I include them in the project, in case collaborators do not. Lines starting with # are comments.

Personal .gitignore

If you want to create a personal gitignore file, do the following:

• Put your ignore rules in ~/.gitignore (a file called .gitignore in your home directory)
• Modify ~/.gitconfig to include the following lines:

  [core]
      excludesfile = ~/.gitignore