Name: Why Small Git Commits Matter (and How to Make Them!)
Start: 2025-05-27T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-27T14:00:00+02:00

Whether you write code or prose in R, solid Git practices can supercharge your workflow. This month, we’ll dig into why **small, well-labeled commits** aren’t just a “nice to have”—they’re a productivity and collaboration game-changer.

🌟 **What you’ll learn:**

* Why small, atomic commits improve traceability and reduce merge conflicts
* How to break down your work into logical units without overthinking
* How to experiment safely with the [saperlipopette](https://github.com/ropensci-training/saperlipopette) R package
* Live demos, tips, and community Q&A

💬 **Bonus:** Bring your own Git tips or struggles—we’ll open the floor for shared knowledge!

📚 **Optional Pre-Reading:**

* [Happy Git and GitHub for the useR](https://happygitwithr.com/)

✨ **Get Involved!**

* Would you like to speak at a future R-Ladies Rome event? Drop your email in the comments!
* Know someone we should invite? Suggest a speaker—we love community ideas!

* 🧵 Let’s build better habits together, one commit at a time.

Federica Gazzelloni

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Maëlle Salmon, with a PhD in statistics, is a Research Software Engineer and blogger. At rOpenSci, she maintains the guide [rOpenSci Packages: Development, Maintenance, and Peer Review](https://devguide.ropensci.org/), and has developed the babeldown and babelquarto packages for multilingual documents. At cynkra, she contributes to the fledge and igraph packages. Maëlle is also the co-author of the book [HTTP testing in R](https://books.ropensci.org/http-testing/) with Scott Chamberlain and manages the R-hub blog. Additionally, she regularly contracts with various organizations, including research institutions, for R package development. Maëlle is a member of the R-Ladies+ Global team.

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