20251119 - version control

Author: isaactpetersen

abcdData.Rmd

@@ -93,12 +93,13 @@ The main folder within the LSS is: `ABCD Study`
   1. Create a folder with your HawkID as the folder name
   1. Create a subfolder for your specific project
   1. Follow [Petersen Lab template](https://research-git.uiowa.edu/PetersenLab/Template) for structuring your project folder
+  1. Follow the version control instructions [below](#versionControl)
 
 ## Data {#data}
 
 The folder `Data > Version 6.0` contains tabulated ABCD data.
 
-Imaging data, wearables data, and concatenated data are available for download [here](https://nbdc-datashare.lassoinformatics.com/)
+Imaging data, wearables data, and concatenated data are available for download [here](https://nbdc-datashare.lassoinformatics.com)
 
 - [XXX] need instructions for accessing this
 - NOTE: The file sizes for these data exceed the capacity of our LSS
@@ -119,4 +120,15 @@ Imaging data, wearables data, and concatenated data are available for download [
 
 # Version Control {#versionControl}
 
-[XXX] TBD
+1. Install GitHub Desktop onto the Research Remote Desktop Service (RRDS) computer: https://desktop.github.com
+1. Create a GitHub repository for each data analysis project using the ABCD data
+1. Do NOT put data files into the GitHub repository!
+    - To be safe, add the following file extensions to the `.gitignore` file in the repository (so even if data files are accidentally added to your GitHub repository folder, they will not be committed):
+      ```
+      *.csv
+      *.tsv
+      *.parquet
+      *.json
+      *.rds
+      *.RData
+      ```