Getting Started with Git and GitHub for R Users

Learn (or teach) how to work with Git, GitHub and RStudio for your R projects.

Click here to see the HTML slides.

Target Audience

• R users who are new to Git and GitHub.

Objectives

• Motivation to use Git and GitHub
• Setup an RStudio project with Git
  • Track your work
  • Keep a history of your files
• Link your project to GitHub
  • Use RStudio to interact with GitHub

Running the Workshop

• Use the workshop presentation (HTML version):
  • https://github.com/saghirb/Getting-Started-with-Git-and-GitHub-for-R-Users/tree/master/Presentation
• Distribute the PDF version to participants:
  • https://github.com/saghirb/Getting-Started-with-Git-and-GitHub-for-R-Users/raw/master/Presentation/Getting-Started-with-Git-and-GitHub-for-R-Users.pdf

Important Note

Some Microsoft Windows 10 users experienced (various) problems when they tried to synchronise with GitHub. As an alternative they can use GitHub Desktop. It might be enough to just to do the initial "synchronise" with GitHub Desktop and then revert to using RStudio.

Re-creating the Workshop Materials.

Run the _make.R script in the R console.

Workshops

1. Presented for Centro de Estatística e Aplicações - CEAUL at the University of Lisbon.
   • Excellent support for participants given by João Malato and Monica Eusébio.

Announcements

A reminder of announcements for this repository.

• CEAUL - internal announcement.
• Twitter
• R Weekly (2019-22)