Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread David Dotson
I think what the author's getting at with respect to git's mental model is that commits form a directed graph, with each commit pointing to its parent (or parents, in the case of merge commits), and with "branches" just functioning as names that point to a particular commit. The gnarly set of

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Matthew Brett
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:11 AM, P Lijnzaad wrote: > Git's "mental model" is really big, with up to 5 places where your edits my > live (working copy; stash; index; repository; remote), so I personally > hesitate a bit to 'force' git on my casually coding co-workers. I

[Discuss] Job: Postdoctoral Fellow in Infectious Disease Data Science

2016-04-13 Thread Noam Ross
Hi all, We're hiring a postdoc at my organization, and someone with SWC skills and some knowledge of infectious disease would likely fit the bill. Info at http://www.ecohealthalliance.org/careers#pg-102-1 and pasted below. Feel free to get in touch with me about more details. Noam ---

Re: [Discuss] Outreach misconception about Data and Software Carpentry as piece of software instead of skills

2016-04-13 Thread Karin Lagesen
On 13/04/16 17:03, Jonah Duckles wrote: Raniere, No, I have never experienced that misconception. I have actually encountered the same kind of thing, that person for some reason got the understanding that we were teaching them some sort of statistics software. Kairn

Re: [Discuss] Outreach misconception about Data and Software Carpentry as piece of software instead of skills

2016-04-13 Thread Jonah Duckles
Raniere, No, I have never experienced that misconception. --- Jonah Duckles Software Carpentry, Executive Director http://software-carpentry.org From: Raniere Silva Reply: Raniere Silva Date: April 12, 2016 at 7:32:58 AM To: Software Carpentry Discuss

Re: [Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Erik Bray
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Tyson Whitehead wrote: > Saw this blog post the other day. > > http://blog.plover.com/prog/two-things-about-git.html > > Perhaps if we emphasis the underlying model it git a bit more it will be > easier for students to follow the rest. > >

[Discuss] Two things about git...

2016-04-13 Thread Tyson Whitehead
Saw this blog post the other day. http://blog.plover.com/prog/two-things-about-git.html Perhaps if we emphasis the underlying model it git a bit more it will be easier for students to follow the rest. Cheers! -Tyson ___ Discuss mailing list