ARCTraining · murphyqm · Oct 15, 2025 · Oct 15, 2025
diff --git a/_quarto.yml b/_quarto.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ website:
     logo-alt: "Logo, with a cartoon blue cloud with electronic circuits"
   sidebar:
     contents:
+      - href: https://github.com/ARCTraining/git
+        text: Visit the GitHub repository
       - section: Day 1
         contents:
         - href: version_control/01_intro.qmd
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ website:
         contents:
         - href: version_control/05_undo_changes.qmd
         - href: version_control/05_homework.qmd
-        - href: version_control/collaboration.qmd
+        - href: version_control/06_collaboration.qmd
+        - href: version_control/06_practical.qmd
 
 format:
   html:

diff --git a/assets/collab1.png b/assets/collab1.png
diff --git a/assets/collab2.png b/assets/collab2.png
diff --git a/version_control/06_collaboration.qmd b/version_control/06_collaboration.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+title: "6. Collaboration"
+subtitle: "How do we work together with others on projects?"
+format:
+    html:
+        respect-user-color-scheme: true
+        theme:
+            light: [cosmo, ../theme.scss, styles.scss]
+            dark: [cosmo, ../theme-dark.scss, styles.scss]
+        css: ../styles.css
+        toc: true
+---
+
+Let's learn about some git features that can help with collaboration!
+
+:::{.callout-tip}
+## Reveal.js Presentation Controls
+
+The presentation linked below uses Reveal.js to build a HTML presentation. You can use the following keyboard shortcuts:
+
+- **Navigate slides**: Use arrow keys (←/→) or space bar to advance
+- **Overview mode**: Press `O` to see all slides at once
+- **Speaker notes**: Press `S` to open speaker view  
+- **Help menu**: Press `?` to see all keyboard shortcuts
+- **Fullscreen**: Press `F` to toggle fullscreen mode
+- **Zoom**: Press `Alt` + click to zoom in on slide content
+- **Print/PDF**: Add `?print-pdf` to the URL for print-friendly version
+
+:::
+
+[Open introduction presentation ↗](06_presentation.qmd){.btn .btn-outline-primary .btn role="button" data-toggle="tooltip" title="Open presentation in a new tab" target="_blank"}
diff --git a/version_control/06_practical.qmd b/version_control/06_practical.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+title: "6.1 Practical"
+subtitle: "Forking repositories and collaborating"
+
+---
+
+In this practical, we're going to *fork* and collaborate on a repository together!
+
+1. Fork this [repository](https://github.com/ARCTraining/git-oct-2025), accept the defaults.
+2. You'll see a spooky halloween story in the README.md file (copied below). 
+    - Let's start contributing to the story!
+    - Make changes in your fork and contribute back to the main.
+
+
+
+## 🎃 The Haunted Lab Mad Libs 🧪
+
+**Fill in the blanks and discover what happens when science meets the supernatural!**
+
+It was a **[adjective]** October night when Dr. **[last name]** was working late in their **[adjective]** laboratory. They had been studying **[plural noun]** for **[number]** months, hoping to make a **[adjective]** breakthrough.
+
+As they **[past tense verb]** through their research notes, something **[adjective]** caught their eye. A petri dish containing **[gross substance]** was **[verb ending in -ing]** three feet above the lab bench! 
+
+"This is **[exclamation]**!" they whispered, adjusting their **[plural noun]** nervously. The dish began to **[verb]** in a **[adjective]** pattern, glowing with a **[color]** light.
+
+Suddenly, a **[adjective]** voice echoed through the lab: "Your research on **[scientific term]** has awakened us! We are the spirits of **[number]** researchers who died from **[silly cause of death]**!"
+
+Dr. **[same last name]** grabbed their **[lab equipment]** and **[past tense verb]** toward the exit, but the ghostly petri dish **[past tense verb]** them, leaving behind only the smell of **[weird smell]** and a mysterious **[color]** residue.
+
+*The next morning, their lab mates found only a **[adjective]** note that read: "Gone to study **[spooky subject]** with the ghost researchers. Back by **[day of week]**... maybe."*
+
+**🧬 Happy Halloween from the haunted lab! 👻**
diff --git a/version_control/06_presentation.qmd b/version_control/06_presentation.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+---
+title: "Collaboration"
+subtitle: "Tools that can help with collaborating on git repositories"
+# bibliography: ../assets/refs.bib
+format:
+    revealjs:
+        theme: styles.scss
+        footer: "[SWD2: Intro to version control with git and GitHub](../index.qmd) | [Advanced Research Computing, Uni of Leeds](https://arc.leeds.ac.uk/) | [Ask us for help](https://it.leeds.ac.uk/it?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=7587b2530f675f00a82247ece1050eda)"
+---
+
+## There are many ways to collaborate
+
+![Everyone can use one repository, added as collaborators](../assets/collab1.png)
+
+## There are many ways to collaborate
+
+:::: {.columns}
+
+::: {.column width="60%"}
+
+![Everyone can use one repository, added as collaborators](../assets/collab1.png)
+
+:::
+
+::: {.column width="40%"}
+
+- You need to trust everyone!
+- Important to use branches
+- Good for small teams
+
+:::
+
+::::
+
+## There are many ways to collaborate
+
+![People can fork or copy the repository](../assets/collab2.png)
+
+## There are many ways to collaborate
+
+:::: {.columns}
+
+::: {.column width="50%"}
+
+![People can fork or copy the repository](../assets/collab2.png)
+
+:::
+
+::: {.column width="50%"}
+
+- Can let anyone fork the repository and make changes
+- They have to make a "pull request" so you can review their changes
+- Easier for bigger projects
+- This is what we will be trying out today!
+
+:::
+
+::::
+
+## Useful git tools: `.gitignore`
+
+- Something that is particularly useful when working on a group project is the git ignore file
+
+:::: {.columns}
+
+::: {.column width="50%"}
+
+- A file called `.gitignore` in the top/parent directory of your git repository
+- Plain text file with a list of files that should not be tracked with git
+
+:::
+
+::: {.column width="50%"}
+
+```text
+
+scratch_notes.md
+__pycache__/
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+_build/
+*.egg
+
+```
+
+*We can chat about Jupyter notebooks and their issues with git at the end of the course during the Q&A if you like.*
+
+:::
+
+::::
+
+## Collaboration
+
+Let's jump straight in to it!
diff --git a/version_control/collaboration.qmd b/version_control/collaboration.qmd