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Web Tracking Technologies 101Behind the simple act of browsing the web lies a complex world where trackers monitor every move [1]. Each time someone uses the internet…

Git to the Rescue: An introduction to Git for ResearchersGit is a version control system used to track and publish changes in the files and folders of a project. This series of articles provides…

The philosophy of GitGit is a free and Open Source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed…

Getting Reports from GitIt is essential to be able to inspect the status and history of the Git system at any moment. Luckily, Git provides multiple ways of…

Branches in GitWhen a Git repository is initialised within a project directory, it creates a structure analogous to a tree trunk that records a…

Git Under the Hood, Part 1: Object Storage in Git*** This article is inspired by [1] ***

Git Under the Hood, Part 2: Referencing Commits**This article is inspired by [1]***

Git under the Hood, Part 3: the Git Directory*** This article is inspired by [1] ***

Climbing Around the Git TreeIn the Git workflow, committing one or more changes to any file(s) causes HEAD to move forward. However, sometimes we need to visit past…

Remote Repositories, Part 1: Remote CollaborationIf you want to collaborate on a project using Git, you need to know how to work with remote repositories. A remote repository is hosted in…

Remote Repositories, part 2: Remote BranchesWhen working with a remote repository, for every local branch there is a corresponding remote tracking branch named…

Ignoring files in Git*** This article is inspired by [1][2] ***

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