README.md

GitLab use cases for data analysis projects

• LUMC git server (based on GitLab) concepts:
  • projects (equivalent to separate git repositories; private or public)
  • members (users who have access to the projects; full, read-only, comment, etc)
  • groups (groups of users; share access rights and namespaces)
  • demo how to create a new project (note shell commands to connect to the repository)
• README.md file:
  • editing in the browser
  • markdown language
  • commiting changes
  • checking changes
  • checking commit log and graph [real example]
  • project skeletons
• use case: writing minutes of a meeting
• use case: bioinformatics analysis:
  • integration with Rstudio:
    • example report in R/Rmarkdown
  • interaction with collaborators:
    • delivering reports through GitLab
    • tagging repository states
    • requesting changes (issues)