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entries:
  - term: "Dependency management"
    definition: "Organising or managing the different software that *your* software or code depends on, for example in R or Python, all the versions of different libraries and packages you need to run your code."
    tags: ["programming", "dependencies"]
    links:
      - title: "Dependency management documentation, Aire docs"
        url: "https://arcdocs.leeds.ac.uk/aire/usage/dependency_management.html"

  - term: "Directory"
    definition: "Another word for 'folder', specifically used on Linux machines."
    tags: ["linux"]
    links:
      - title: "The Linux Directory Structure, Explained"
        url: "https://www.howtogeek.com/117435/htg-explains-the-linux-directory-structure-explained/"

  - term: "Repository"
    definition: "Another word for 'folder' or 'directory', specifically used for folders with version control active, e.g. 'a git repository'."
    tags: ["linux", "version control"]
    links:
      - title: "Repository (version control) - Wikipedia page"
        url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_(version_control)"

  - term: "Version control system [VCS]"
    definition: "A version control system [VCS] tracks work and changes to files/folders, often attaching the name of the user responsible for the changes. Popular VCSs include git and SVN."
    tags: ["git", "version control", "SVN"]
    links:
      - title: "Wiki page on version control"
        url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control"

  - term: "git"
    definition: "A version control system [VCS] to track work and changes to folders or 'repositories'; it creates 'snapshots' of all files in a project with a timestamp and label."
    tags: ["git", "version control"]
    links:
      - title: "Git homepage"
        url: "https://git-scm.com/"
      - title: "'What is Git? Our beginner’s guide to version control', GitHub blog"
        url: "https://github.blog/developer-skills/programming-languages-and-frameworks/what-is-git-our-beginners-guide-to-version-control/"