git continued: Glossary

git has a two stage process: add and commit

We can have local and remote repositories, and synchronise changes between them

git revert is a safe method to undo changes by adding a new commit

git amend can add to the previous commit, but changes history

git checkout [filename] can permanently remove uncommitted changes

A branch is a division unit of work, to be merged with other units of work.

A tag is a pointer to a moment in the history of a project.

Branches can be brought back together while maintaining their independent history

There is almost never reason to clone a fresh copy to complete a task that you have in mind.

By linking Zenodo with a github tag we get a permanent DOI for a particular version of history.