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@adswa adswa released this 02 Feb 15:25
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Handbook release matching the release of DataLad v0.14.0.
Like the software release, this handbook release improves the situation on/for Windows systems starkly from what we had before.
With contributions from Tristan Glatard, Ariel Rokem, Remi Gau, Surya Teja Togaru, Judith Bomba, Konrad Hinsen, Wu Jianxiao, Małgorzata Wierzba, Stefan Appelhoff, and Michael Joseph -- thank you!

Refactoring or deletions

  • Overhaul Windows installation instructions #588
  • Adjustments for GitHub's user-password deprecation #626, #592

Additions

Introduction

  • git-annex installations with custom built git-annex with MagicMime support #603
  • A quick-start guide for OpenNeuro #585

Basics

  • Disambiguation on configurations #627 with thanks to John Lee for the issue at datalad
  • A new section on how to debug and troubleshoot problems - with thanks to Tristan Glatard for the idea and contributions #538

Advanced

  • A chapter on large-scale fair processing with parallel datalad-run calls #591
  • A new section on configuring subdataset clone candidates and their priority #548
  • A new chapter/section that compares the tool DVC to DataLad #569

Usecases

  • Addition of a machine-learning application with DataLad #581
  • Addition on Human Connectome Project (HCP) AWS credentials (thanks to Michael Joseph) #622
  • Addition of a hands-on tutorial for reproducible papers #608, with thanks to Małgorzata Wierzba for feedback and contributions

Miscellaneous additions

  • A variety of code lists and introductions #630, #613
  • A few new permalinks: git-lfs #624, MPIB intro #614
  • A new expandable section "Windows workaround" for Windows-specific notes and explanations #532
  • Large amount of Windows adjustments in the Basics #588
  • FAQs on copying locked files out of datasets, and on caveats with the BIDS validator - with thanks to Remi Gau #570, #562
  • The handbook's GitHub repository received a welcome bot (with thanks to The Turing Way project for CC-BY illustrations), and a "Discussions" Forum
  • The handbook's frontpage links to the cheat sheet with a nice illustration #578