Heeding some of your suggestions about version control issues, I've just tried installing git. I can't help but feel that it is designed to be borderline inaccessible so that people who do use it can be smug.
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Interacting with a deluge of impassioned version control proselytizers has led to one of the most alarming days I have ever spent on Twitter.
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Replying to @legogradstudent
Uh oh, did the mercurial people get wind of this? They're the *worst*
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Replying to @loganjeverett
Several people have mentioned Mercurial very enthusiastically, but it has felt reasonable. It's still the Git fans that have been most energized (and also the most condescending).
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Replying to @legogradstudent @loganjeverett
So sorry for the condescension you've been receiving. I've just been to a conference interested in culture change and software best practice, the responses you've been getting is a lot that's wrong with the scientific community... Thanks for the great account.

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No doubt you've had some positive responses (I note you were pointed at
@o_guest's resources which are great.
). Here is a 2 day workshop I run that includes version control: https://vknight.org/rsd/ 1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
How awful. Sorry. 
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