Feedback - Module 4 (VCS)

[Iain-S]

Notes from 2022-10-03

Main points

• Do any previous modules cover shell commands? I think we lost a few people in the first 2 minutes.
• Some people are quite used to using Git via IDEs. Some expressed that it might be easier to learn via an IDE to begin with.
• Wasn't very clear when conflicts would and wouldn't occur (the three line issue).
• --initial-branch shouldn't be necessary (and sometimes doesn't work). maybe we could try against multiple git versions in CI?
• confusion about whether user.name and user.email need to be the same as or are related to GitHub
• what does git add add to? why are add and commit separate
• git revert notebook example gave error (seemed to work with HEAD^?)
• revert could be skipped / moved later / downgraded to commit --amend
• does revert take you back or undo a commit (confusion)
• only got as far as branching (no bisect/rebase/stash/)
• ssh vs https PAT "tokens" issues on GitHub (compounded by some having GitHub desktop)

Misc

• question about which kinds of files can/should be version controlled
• CRLF vs LF
• someone stuck in vim
• what about untracked files / .gitignore

[jack89roberts]

• Some people are quite used to using Git via IDEs. Some expressed that it might be easier to learn via an IDE to begin with.

I do think #112 is worth exploring further, but I also think GitHub desktop would be a good first interface to learn git, personally.