notes-ideas.Rmd

# Ideas for content

## Common workflow questions

### Common predicaments and how to recover/avoid

https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/743457387730735104

### Keep something out of Git

List it in `.gitignore.`

### I didn't mean to commit that

Committing things you didn't mean to (too big, secret). How to undo.

## git stuff

Git explainers, heavy on the diagrams

https://twitter.com/JennyBryan/status/743548245645791232

A Visual Git Reference  
http://marklodato.github.io/visual-git-guide/index-en.html

A successful Git branching model  
http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/

A successful Git branching model considered harmful  
https://barro.github.io/2016/02/a-succesful-git-branching-model-considered-harmful/

Git Tutorials from Atlassian
https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/

Software Carpentry Git Novice Lesson  
http://swcarpentry.github.io/git-novice/

Michael Freeman slides on Git collaboration  
http://slides.com/michaelfreeman/git-collaboration#/

GitHub Training materials  
https://services.github.com/kit/

Git for Ages 4 and Up  
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7BgIvC-uQ>

Learn Git Branching  
http://learngitbranching.js.org

A Git Workflow Walkthrough Series
http://vallandingham.me/git-workflow.html

  * Part 1: Feature Branches
  * Part 2: Reviewing Pull Requests
  * Part 3: Reviewing Pull Requests Locally
  * Part 4: Merging Pull Requests

Git from the inside out  
https://codewords.recurse.com/issues/two/git-from-the-inside-out

## Disaster recovery

<http://stackoverflow.com/questions?sort=votes>

Break it down:

  * Is something wrong with my filesystem/files?
  * Is my git repo messed up?
  * How can I keep this from happening again?
  
Rebase avoidance techniques.

Headless state. Rebase hell.

What to do when you can't, e.g., switch branches. Stashing and WIP commits.

## Engage with R source on GitHub

Browsing

Searching

  * My gist, re: the cran user: <https://gist.github.com/jennybc/4a1bf4e9e1bb3a0a9b56>

Being a useful useR

  * stay informed re: development
  * use issues for bug reports, feature requests
  * make pull requests
  
## Workflow and psychology

Stress of working in the open

Workflows for group of 1, 2, 5, 10

  * Fork and Pull vs Shared Repository
  
    - <https://help.github.com/articles/about-collaborative-development-models/>
    - <https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/>