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Using Git and GitHub with R

Commit History

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Your Turn

  1. Add some additional text to your README.md

  2. Commit your changes (make sure to stage your README.md file and add a commit message)

  3. View the history of your repository

  4. Make sure you understand the commit history (top section) and the diff (bottom section)

  5. View your README.md at a previous commit by clicking on “View file …”

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Lina Khan

Lina Khan • October 19, 2021

Hi David, for some reason when I create the README file and then change/add the text and hit 'commit' again, my README file isn't there to stage. I've tried deleting the local-first project, creating a new one and starting over, and I get the same issue.

David Keyes

David Keyes Founder • October 20, 2021

Glad you got it figured out!