Vagrant is a tool for managing virtual machines. By combining vagrant with git (and shared git repositories like github or bitbucket) it is possible to share machine configurations. This post explores how using vagrant with git works and some possible challenges with collaborating with vagrant machines. Sharing Virtual Machines Sharing virtual machine images can be… Read More »
Git is a versioning control software which helps keep track of changes to plain text files. The popularity of git has been helped by the existence of products and services like Gitlab and Github which simplify some of the server-side operation of git. Git has a famously steep learning curve and it can be difficult… Read More »
Backups are good. Version-controlled backups are better. After my scheduled backup managed to over-write the contents of an important matlab script I realised that I needed to incorporate version control into my backing up. http://codebetter.com/robconery/2009/12/15/using-git-as-a-backup-tool/is guide more comprehensive than I need for using git as a backup. The most important part is git add .… Read More »