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What did this summary say,
before Tuesday's change?

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Ask your agent.

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With Git, it reads the folder's history,
and finds the sentence that was cut.

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AI for Research Efficiency.

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Episode 5:
Save and share your work with GitHub.

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Last time, nine small habits
for working with an agent.

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This time: keep every version of a
project, and share it with a co-author.

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The agent runs the commands,
and you approve each one.

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One: Git, and GitHub.

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Git keeps your folder's history,
on your own computer.

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Each saved version is a commit.

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GitHub keeps a copy online,
and you choose who can see it.

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For research, start private.

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Two: set up once.

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Make a free account on GitHub.

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Then, in PowerShell, one winget line
installs GitHub's command-line tool, gh.

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On a Mac, Homebrew installs it:
brew install gh.

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Open a new window,
and type gh auth login.

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It asks a few questions, then sends you
to your browser with a one-time code.

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Three: make the folder a repository.

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Start your agent in the mode that
asks first, and ask in plain words:

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make this folder a Git repository, keep
large files and anything with a key out,

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and show me the list first.

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It asks before each step.
Read the command, then approve it.

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It writes a .gitignore file:
the list of what Git leaves out.

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Here, the key file,
and a sensor log of 140 MB.

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Git doesn't know who you are yet, so
the agent asks for a name and an email.

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Give it the private
noreply address GitHub gives you.

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Every commit you push shows it.

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Four: read the list
before anything goes up.

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22 files, and nothing with a key.

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Read it every time: on the free plan,

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GitHub doesn't scan private
repositories for keys.

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And unpublished data may
need your campus's approval

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before it goes anywhere.

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Five: create the repository,
and push.

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Ask the agent to create a
private repository on GitHub,

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and push to it.

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It runs gh repo create: private,
from this folder, and push.

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Your folder is now on GitHub,
private, with its whole history.

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If you ever make it public, everyone can
see it. That's a decision, not a default.

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Six: invite a co-author.

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On the repository's page: Settings,

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Collaborators, Add people,
and their username.

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They get an email invitation. Once they
accept, they can work in it with you.

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On a personal account, every
collaborator can change the files.

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Read-only access
needs an organization.

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Seven: make it a habit.

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After each change,
ask the agent to commit it,

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with a message
that says what changed.

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And when something goes wrong,
ask what changed, and to put it back.

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Tuesday's sentence returns,
as a new commit.

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On the companion page: every command
for Windows and the Mac,

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choosing a license,
and a DOI for your code.

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Pause here, and try three: start
your agent in your practice folder,

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ask for a repository with keys
and large files kept out,

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then read the list
and make the first commit.

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So: start private,
keep keys and big files out,

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read the list, and commit often.

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Next: publish a page with Vercel.