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    Type of resources
    Lecture
    Education level(s)
    Graduate / Professional
    Primary user(s)
    student, teacher
    Subject area(s)
    Computer Science, Information Science
    Language(s)
    English
    Cluster
    Transparency and Reproducibility in Computation and Analysis, FAIR Data and Materials
    Last updated
    27 June 2023
    Lecture

    Version control with the OSF

    By Center for Open Science

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    Level Graduate / Professional · For student, teacher · Language English

    Abstract

    This webinar will introduce the concept of version control and the version control features that are built into the Open Science Framework (OSF; https://osf.io). The OSF is a free, open source web application built to help researchers manage their workflows. The OSF is part collaboration tool, part version control software, and part data archive. The OSF connects to popular tools researchers already use, like Dropbox, Box, Github and Mendeley, to streamline workflows and increase efficiency. This webinar will discuss how keeping track of the different file versions is important for efficient reproducible research practices, how version control works on the OSF, and how researchers can view and download previous versions of files.

    Keywords Analysis · Data · Education · Materials · Open Scholarship Tools and Technologies · OSF · Publishing · Reproducibility · Research Data Management Tools · Researchers