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

The following version is provided by the operating system:

$ git --version
git version 2.43.0

Other versions can be activated by loading a module file:

module load git/2.41.0-GCCcore-12.3.0-nodocs
module load git/2.39.2-GCCcore-12.2.0-nodocs
module load git/2.38.1-GCCcore-12.2.0-nodocs
module load git/2.36.0-GCCcore-11.3.0-nodocs
module load git/2.33.1-GCCcore-11.2.0-nodocs
module load git/2.32.0-GCCcore-10.3.0-nodocs
module load git/2.28.0-GCCcore-10.2.0-nodocs
module load git/2.23.0-GCCcore-9.3.0-nodocs

module load git/2.41.0-GCCcore-12.3.0-nodocs
module load git/2.36.0-GCCcore-11.3.0-nodocs
module load git/2.33.1-GCCcore-11.2.0-nodocs

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

This section is primarily for administrators of the system. Git has been installed using the default Easybuild config files.