Version control in academia

1 pointsktaylor8y ago2 comments

I'm finishing my first year in an empirically-based doctoral program (lots of applied statistics).

One thing I've noticed is none of my colleagues use version control nor strive to create reproducible research, say with Makefiles.

Coming from industry before my program, I assumed everyone writing code would use these tools.

For those of you with PhDs or experience in research-based graduate programs, is this the norm?

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gus_massa8y ago· 1 in thread

In which area?

I think (outside CS) it is common, probably 99%. Each paper has a few custom programs that are copied and modifier for the next paper. The "version control" is just a folder for each paper.

ktaylorOP8y ago

I'm in social sciences but have a developer background. I am trying to expose more people to reproducible research methods. They are not very receptive. The version-control-by-folder approach is well entrenched.

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