Lecture 1: Why use Git?

First lecture from the "Introduction to Git" course which was given on 2024-11-(25-29) by UPPMAX and HPC2N under NAISS. This is for day 1.
This presentation gives some motivation for why you should use a version control system, and more specifically, Git.
Instructor and presenter: Birgitte Brydsø, HPC2N, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Course page: www.hpc2n.umu....
Slides/presentations: hackmd.io/@git...
GitHub repo (for exercises etc.): github.com/hpc...
The course was given under NAISS (National Academic Infrastructure for Super­computing in Sweden): www.naiss.se/