Storage for the assignments done in COMP 110

Each student will have their own course repository. Those repositories will be "forked" from this one. That means your repository will start out identical to this one. It will change over the semester as you carry out your work.

There are two tasks you need to perform:

1. Fork the COMP 110 assignments repository and add dtkaplan as a collaborator.
2. Set up RStudio so that it knows about your repository.

Forking the repository

These steps describe how to create your own copy of the COMP 110 assignments repository and share it with the instructor.

1. If you have not already done so, go to http://github.com and set up an account for yourself. You will be asked to create a user ID and to give an email address. Make sure the email address is one you regularly use. #. In another tab of your browser, log in to your Github account. Then return to this tab. #. Check whether the site you are reading this document is https://github.com/dtkaplan/Comp-110-Assignments-Spring-2017. If not, direct your browser there. #. In the upper right corner of the page, there is a button labeled "Fork." Press it. You may have to login In response, you will see a message telling you a fork is in progress. After a minute, the page display will change and you will be looking at your own copy of the COMP 110 assignments repository. #. There is a row of tabs near the top of the window: Code, Pull requestions, Projects, .... Click on "Settings." Then click on "Collaborators." A small box will appear labeled "Collaborators." #. In the "Collaborators" box, click in the text-entry for "Search by username, ...." Search for "dtkaplan" and, assuming you've typed it correctly, you will see a thumbnail picture of Daniel Kaplan. #. Now press "Add collaborator." Once you've done this, you'll see a message, "Awaiting dtkaplan's response."

Connecting your repository to RStudio

1. On GitHub, go to your own repository. The address of that repository starts with your own GitHub account name, e.g. dtrump.github.com.
2. Click the green "Clone or download" button, then press the small clipboard icon. You should see a word balloon "Copied!". This will copy the address of your GitHub repository.
3. Now go to your RStudio system. This might be the Macalester server rstudio.macalester.edu or it might be an RStudio system that you have installed on your own computer.
4. In RStudio, select the FILE/New Project menu item. In the resulting dialog box:
   • select "Version Control" then
   • select "Git"
5. In the dialog box that is shown, paste the address that you copied in step (2). If you are on your own computer, you may want to press the "Browse ..." button to place the respository in a directory that you think is appropriate. If you do not know what this might mean, accept the default.
6. Press the "Create Project" button. You will see some messages about cloning the project and then RStudio will restart. When this is finished, the upper right corner of the RStudio window will display the project name: Comp-110-Assignments-Spring-2017.

Check out the Files tab in RStudio. This lists the files that already exist in the project. There are two series of files:

1. Week_#_short_answers.Rmd where # is a one-digit number.
2. Week_#_project.Rmd

These are where you will put your work, per the course schedule.

Customizing the repository for your individual use.

Now you are ready to start editing the files in your branch.

Whenever you start up RStudio, make sure that you are in the Comp-110-Assignments-Spring-2017 project (look in the upper right corner of the RStudio window) and that the "Git" tab is displaying the "master" branch. Almost always, this will happen automatically, but sometimes things go wrong due to a system crash.