LaTeX Academic Writing Guide for Students & Researchers

@article{smith2024,
    author  = {Smith, John and Johnson, Mary},
    title   = {A Study of Something Important},
    journal = {Journal of Important Studies},
    year    = {2024},
    volume  = {42},
    number  = {3},
    pages   = {123--145},
    doi     = {10.1234/example.2024.001}
}

@book{jones2023,
    author    = {Jones, Robert},
    title     = {The Comprehensive Guide},
    publisher = {Academic Press},
    year      = {2023},
    address   = {New York},
    edition   = {3rd}
}

@inproceedings{chen2024,
    author    = {Chen, Wei and Kumar, Anil},
    title     = {Conference Paper Title},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference},
    year      = {2024},
    pages     = {100--110},
    publisher = {ACM}
}

@phdthesis{williams2023,
    author = {Williams, Sarah},
    title  = {Dissertation Title Here},
    school = {University Name},
    year   = {2023}
}

@misc{website2024,
    author       = {{Organization Name}},
    title        = {Web Page Title},
    howpublished = {\url{https://example.com/page}},
    year         = {2024},
    note         = {Accessed: 2024-01-15}
}

# Initialize git in your LaTeX project
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial thesis draft"

# Create branch for revisions
git checkout -b chapter-2-revision

# After making changes
git add chapters/chapter2.tex
git commit -m "Address reviewer comments on methodology section"

# Merge back
git checkout main
git merge chapter-2-revision

# Generate a diff between versions
latexdiff old-version.tex new-version.tex > diff.tex
pdflatex diff.tex