GitHub Repositories
This lesson is called GitHub Repositories, part of the Using Git and GitHub with R course. This lesson is called GitHub Repositories, part of the Using Git and GitHub with R course.
Transcript
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Your Turn
Open the GitHub repository with the materials for this course
Click on commits
Take a look through the commit history to see how the code changed over time
Have any questions? Put them below and we will help you out!
Course Content
26 Lessons
1
Why Use GitHub vs Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc?
03:15
2
Dealing with Common Problems: Can't Pull Code from GitHub
08:05
3
Dealing with Common Problems: Merge Conflicts
05:24
4
Dealing with Common Problems: Can't Push Code to GitHub
04:38
5
Let's Keep Bad Things from Happening in the First Place
02:45
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Sara Cifuentes • June 26, 2022
Dear Charlie,
I had not considered this question until yesterday when I wanted to share this information with a teacher via GitHub.
When I send another person the Github link (e.g., https://github.com/Sagaciro/Week_12), how can this person open/visualize/run the R repository on their computer?
Sorry for my late question.
Thanks for everything,
Sara
Hatem Kotb • July 2, 2024
They could create a new project by selecting Github repository (instead of a directory) and link to that repo.
Alberto Cabrera • July 2, 2024
I have a couple of questions and a comment for your consideration.
repos
and their individual contents as well?Your lesson made me realized it is possible to synchronize the GitHub Desktop with GitHub website seamless. It is indeed an incredible tool. But takes time understand the lingo.
Alberto Cabrera • July 2, 2024
I have a couple of questions and a comment for your consideration.
repos
and their individual contents as well?Your lesson made me realized it is possible to synchronize the GitHub Desktop with GitHub website seamless. It is indeed an incredible tool. But takes time understand the lingo.
David Keyes Founder • July 3, 2024
Here are some answers:
You can delete repos by going to the settings tab and then scrolling to the bottom.
Yes, you will learn how to sync contents on your computer with GitHub in a later lesson!
Daniel Mandle • July 7, 2025
I wish that the git menu in R Studio wouldn't show ALL THE FILES I've been working on in that untracked state (the two yellow squares with question marks in them). It appears when I first installed git--before taking this course!--I installed it at the toplevel of my directory instead of at the level where all of my R work happens. So now there are 500+ files showing up in that git menu in R Studio. I know I can add them to gitignore but then the gitignore file is going to be REALLY long. Any potential solutions?
David Keyes Founder • July 8, 2025
Could you record a quick video to show me what you're seeing? I'm not quite sure I understand your situation. You can do that here.