ICES GitHub GitHub (github.com) is a good place to organize source code: 1 Available for anyone to see, download, and use 2 Selected users can add/modify files 3 Many coauthors can work at the same time 4 Version history to view changes or rewind mistakes Allows scientists to collaborate and share tools, while enjoying the safety and convenience of version control 2016 slide 1

ICES GitHub ICES provides four GitHub sites for different purposes: github.com/ices-tools-prod tools supported and maintained by ICES secretariat github.com/ices-tools-dev tools maintained by others github.com/ices-eg various scripts & tools used within an expert group github.com/ices-taf scripts of transparent assessments (in development) 2016 slide 2

ICES GitHub Should you use ICES GitHub? This is optional, mainly useful if you have already used GitHub, or would like to learn how At the moment, ices-eg is mainly for specific tools/methods, but not the assessments script(s) which can be sensitive information Assessment scripts should be zipped inside the Sharepoint ‘data’ folder, along with the assessment input, model, and output ICES GitHub is currently used for development and maintainance of many scientific tools/methods 2016 slide 3

ICES GitHub Guidelines: General use of ICES GitHub github.com/ices-tools-dev/doc General use of ICES GitHub github.com/ices-tools-prod/doc R development guidelines used by the ICES secretariat 2016 slide 4