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Version Control Systems to Facilitate Research Collaboration in Economics

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  • Rodrigues Bruno

    (Beta, Université de Strasbourg)

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Reliable and reproducible research is an important cornerstone of science, and version control systems not only make reproducible research possible in a rapid and easy way, but also provide a way of collaborating with co-authors. The purpose of this methodological paper is to present Git, a very successful version control system and how it can be used by economists working together on their papers and the accompanying computer code. Version control systems also make sharing the findings with the rest of the scientific community more easy and streamlined. To understand how version control systems came to be, one must be familiar with the history of free software. In the introduction, I will present free software and its philosophy and show how version control systems make free software possible. In the second section I present Git which is a widely used version control system. In the third section I show a basic usage of Git. In the fourth section, I conclude.

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  • Rodrigues Bruno, 2016. "Version Control Systems to Facilitate Research Collaboration in Economics," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 48(3), pages 547-553, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:compec:v:48:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s10614-015-9513-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10614-015-9513-8
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • C88 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Other Computer Software

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