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git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Usage

Two version of git are available - an older version that is provided by the operating system and is available on both the login nodes and worker nodes:

$ git --version
git version 1.8.3.1

And a newer version that can be activated by loading a module file and is only available on the worker nodes:

$ module load git/2.39.2-GCCcore-10.3.0-nodocs
$ git --version
git version 2.39.2

Git training and help resources

The software carpentry project offers numerous lessons including “Version Control with Git”.
The University of Sheffield Research Software Engineers regularly run a “git & GitHub through GitKraken - from Zero to Hero!” course.

Installation notes

The git module has been installed using Easybuild 4.4.0 and a custom made git-2.39.2-GCCcore-10.3.0-nodocs.eb which can be found on system in the installation directory: /usr/local/packages/live/eb/git/2.39.2-GCCcore-10.3.0-nodocs/easybuild