Merge pull request #103 from SPAAM-community/gitghub-morexamples

Give more context why archiving can be useful

Author: jfy133

git-github.qmd

@@ -55,6 +55,19 @@ So why should you use a version control system, such as GitHub?
 4. Allow you to test new scripts or code before updating a public version in a 'sandbox' area of the repository
 5. Help share our data, code, and results with the world!
 
+:::{.callout-tip}
+It's not just for reproducible code that sharing things on places like GitHub can be useful!
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+You can use (well-archived) Git repositories to 'get around' publisher limits when it comes to things such as supplementary files in publications!
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+For example, in addition to code and scripts, I have previously used a GitHub repository to host additional supplementary figures, methods descriptions, and tables.
+You can see this here: [https://github.com/jfy133/Hominid_Calculus_Microbiome_Evolution](https://github.com/jfy133/Hominid_Calculus_Microbiome_Evolution).
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+Furthermore, by including and describing them alongside with my code, it makes it much easier (and searchable) for other researchers to find out exactly how I did things!
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+The important thing is to archive the repository on places like Zenodo ([https://zenodo.org/](https://zenodo.org/)), to ensure longevity alongside the publication, and cite the archive DOI in your main manuscript. The corresponding Zenodo DOI for the repository above is: [https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3740492](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.3740492).
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 ## Basic workflow
 
 The basic concepts of using git and GitHub are as shown in (@fig-gitgithub-workflowdiagram)