Git Real: Practical Demonstrations on Recovering from Real-World Mistakes

The Details 
When: July 20, 2026 - the day before the Conference! 
Session Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm 
Description:
Source Code Control/Version Control with Git is smooth sailing until it isn't. Ever commit code to a wrong branch by accident? Had a coworker accidentally step on your changes? Made a bad merge that you needed to undo? Did you discover your commit message needs to be modified immediately after pushing your branch? Or made any other mistake you need to recover from? 
This workshop contains practical exercises and lessons that help teach you to navigate these perilous waters with ease. Gain real-world experience in a sandboxed environment on what to do to find your way back to calmer seas.
Requirements:This workshop is targeted towards people who have used git before and are comfortable with basic operations with git. This course is not intended to be a first time introduction to git. All participants are expected to bring their own laptops. Participants are requested to update git to version 2.52.0 or above. The exercises will primarily feature CLI commands (as they are universally available), but if you are comfortable with any particular git GUI client, you are encouraged to use it during the workshop. Some of the exercises will delve into LabVIEW specific issues, and the demo code for that will be in LabVIEW 2017. Please install LabVIEW 2017 or above. Community edition works perfectly well (and is free!)
Where: Beckhoff Chicago - Training Facility (a few minutes walk away from the OLC)
Cost: $250
Bonus: Purchase of this workshop includes a 50% discount on SAS Workshops online course, "Using Git Effectively".
About your Instructors: Vijayanth "VJ" Reddy Kandukuri is a CLD. He was introduced to LabVIEW over a decade and a half ago. For someone who never spoke in graphic terms, he sure took to this "graphic language" in no time! By day, he works full-time at ARAV Systems with LabVIEW and TestStand. By night, he continues to tinker with LabVIEW and actively engage with the awesome community of fellow LabVIEW developers.

Sam Taggart is a CLA, CPI, and LabVIEW Champion with over a dozen years of LabVIEW experience. He cut his teeth running a lab in the Science and Technology Center at Westinghouse Electric Company, leading a team that designed various testing and monitoring systems for nuclear power plants. Sam now owns SAS Workshops, a consulting company focused on teaching, mentoring, and project work.