Tag Archives: Software & Services

Demystifying Git and Merge Conflicts 

Git can be an incredibly effective coding tool, but it can also be an incredibly frustrating one. It has a steep learning curve, but you’ll be a lot better off understanding how it works rather than copying and pasting commands from Stack Overflow or ChatGPT. I’ve been there, and things can go very, very wrong.

What is Git?

Git is a version control system which tracks changes in files within a repository. It lets you maintain different versions of that codebase. Not to be confused with GitHub, which is a Git server, or a remote location which serves as the host to codebases in Git. GitHub provides a user-friendly front-end for managing changes and issue tracking. There are plenty of other Git servers, such as Bitbucket and GitLab.

Tips for using Git

Git is massive, and there’s plenty of tutorials and guides out there to help you learn it. This is far from a comprehensive guide, but these are the commands I use on a regular basis. I’ll go over some of the basics, and then some of the niche ones that I’ve found particularly useful. 

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How to make your own singularity container zero fuss!

In this blog post, I’ll show you guys how to make your own shiny container for your tool! Zero fuss(*) and in FOUR simple steps.

As an example, I will show how to make a singularity container for one of our public tools, ANARCI, the antibody numbering tool everyone in OPIG and external users are familiar with – If not, check the web app and the GitHub repo here and here.

(*) Provided you have your own Linux machine with sudo permissions, otherwise, you can’t do it – sorry. Same if you have a Mac or Windows – sorry again.
BUT, there are workarounds for these cases such as using the remote singularity builder here, for which you only need to sign up and create an account, and the use of Virtual Machines (VMs), as described here.

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