Resources for the AGU 2019 GMT Workshop

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Hi everyone, this thread is where we’ll gather all the resources, links, and feedback for the AGU 2019 workshop.

Workshop attendants please feel free to introduce yourselves :wave:

Schedule

05 min: Introductions and information about the workshop format
10 min: A brief history of GMT, its governance structure, and code of conduct
30 min: Setting up computers and troubleshooting [hands-on]
60 min: How to use git and GitHub [hands-on]
10 min: A tour of the GMT development infrastructure
10 min: Coffee break (10:00 - 10:10)
15 min: Pair up and choose small code or documentation projects to work on [hands-on]
70 min: Work on projects with the help of the instructors [hands-on]
10 min: Participants submit their contributions to GMT (making a “pull request”) [hands-on]
10 min: Example review of a documentation contribution
10 min: Wrap up, next steps, and how to continue involved in the project

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To run things online in case of install problems: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/leouieda/agu2019/master

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Cheatsheet for making a contribution:

  1. Edit the file
  2. Make a new branch: git checkout -b branch-name
  3. Add the change: git add name-of-file.rst
  4. Make the commit: git commit
  5. Dealing with vim: i to type text; Esc then :wq to exit
  6. Push to your fork: git push origin branch-name
  7. On Github, open the pull request