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Given the following text description, write Python code to implement the functionality described below step by step
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Description:
 Why Version Control?
Here's why.
Step1:  If that hasn't convinced you, here are some other benefits
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Python Code:
from IPython.display import Image
Image(url='http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd101212s.gif')
Explanation: Why Version Control?
Here's why.
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%%bash
git status
Explanation: If that hasn't convinced you, here are some other benefits:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1408450/why-should-i-use-version-control
Replace 'code' in the first answer with 'essay', 'thesis', 'homework' -- all stuff that a version control system such as git and GitHub can help you with!
Git for Scientists: A Tutorial (by John McDonnell)
http://nyuccl.org/pages/GitTutorial/
Go through the tutorial. You can either follow along from the terminal in the command line, or from within this very notebook using the %%bash magic:
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