handbook

Vanderbilt Biostatistics Grad Student Handbook

Currently hosted at https://vandybgsa.github.io/handbook/

add chapter

To add a chapter create a file called chapternumber_chaptername.Rmd (for example 01_Introduction.Rmd).

editing a chapter

1. Before you begin, make sure you: fork the repo, click "Clone or Download" button and copy the link
2. Open R Studio and Click File< New Project<Version Control<Git
3. Copy the link into the top box, name the copied repository whatever you would like, and select a location for the repository to be stored
4. Edit the chapter you want, then save it
5. In the R Console run the following: bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd","bookdown::gitbook")
6. Click on the Git tab in the top right window of your R Studio
7. Click Commit
8. Click on the files you would like to commit
9. Add a commit message then click Commit
10. Click on the green arrow to push to github
11. Submit a pull request to the main repo so your changes can be incorporated

compile handbook

After updating, be sure to compile the handbook by setting your working directory and running

bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd", "bookdown::gitbook")