<div dir="ltr"><span id="inbox-inbox-docs-internal-guid-e4621598-90b8-2f60-69aa-7ece1838ef2e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear all,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have set up a repository on GitHub for your group to share and collaborate on scripts you are developing for your analysis: </span><a href="https://github.com/lter/lterwg-bioprod" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://github.com/lter/lterwg-bioprod</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Everybody can download the files. If you want to be able to upload scripts, you will have to send me your GitHub username and I can grant you write access. If you do not have an account yet, just sign up, it is free: <a href="https://github.com/">https://github.com/</a> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We recommend to use this system to share your scripts among participants and also to move them from a computer to another one. It is the best way to track changes and who made these the changes (including a younger you ;) ) and get back to any previous version of your work. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">We do not recommend GitHub to manage your data, as git is best suited for small files.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For those of you who are not familiar with version control systems, in a nutshell, we need 2 tools:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- </span><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">git: the software that tracks changes on specific files on your computer</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">- GitHub: the web platform that enables you to share these scripts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Here is a tutorial to get started: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://nceas.github.io/sasap-training/materials/reproducible-analysis-in-r/version-control-with-git-and-github.html#advanced-topics">https://nceas.github.io/sasap-training/materials/reproducible-analysis-in-r/version-control-with-git-and-github.html#advanced-topics</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Note: Windows users, you will have to first install git software on your computer: </span><a href="https://git-scm.com/download/win" style="text-dec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