Checklists

On the day

• Is your terminal clear from the back of the room?
  • Use a large font
  • Use black-on-white colour scheme
  • Set a minimal shell prompt PS1="$ "
  • Also set a larger font size in your text editor
  • Syntax highlighting in nano isn’t very legible on a light background. Alt + Y toggles syntax highlighting in nano, but using a dark terminal background could also be a solution
• Check everyone has SSH keys set up
  • Help get everyone set up at lunch time

Ahead of time

• Send instructions on how to install Git and SSH keys

Cut-down version

For teaching as part of a Software Carpentry workshop:

• 1 Intro
• 2 Tracking changes
• 3 History and differences
• 4 Commit advice
• 5 Branching
• ? 6 Undoing changes (if there’s time)
• 8 Remote repositories (just push local repo to GitHub)

Example paper

I use variations on this paper when delivering the course.