LAMA - your friendly and easy git script

LAMA (Linguistic Automation Management Assistant) was created in the project [INEL](https://inel.corpora.uni-hamburg.de) to simplify and error-proof using [git](git-scm.com) for linguists/non-tech collaborators.

While technically LAMA is a quite basic shell script, it was cretaed with lots of experience of teaching non-tech people using Git with available GUIs as well as spending time fixing problems because of that. Therefore, on the one hand it is restricted to the most basic functionality needed for the every-day work with git, on the other hand it goes beyond git in providing the possibility to integrate processing steps to enhance data quality and for instance reduce the risk and frequency of git merge issues.

The script is intended for people that do not want to learn specific git commands while still being able to collaborate with other git users on projects, especially in a setup where there are technical git maintainers and other collaborators.

Please note that with this script it is assumed that the git repository was already cloned and setup properly before. If git lfs was also set up correctly the script works correctly with lfs as well.