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

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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.

Is it possible to delete repos and their individual contents as well?
When I first learned Git, I created a GitHub folder in my laptop. I used it to upload the files into the GitHub Desktop. But found the procedure cumbersome. Is there a procedure you would recommend the best to synchronize the content of the files in the laptop with the one in the web?

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.

Is it possible to delete repos and their individual contents as well?
When I first learned Git, I created a GitHub folder in my laptop. I used it to upload the files into the GitHub Desktop. But found the procedure cumbersome. Is there a procedure you would recommend the best to synchronize the content of the files in the laptop with the one in the web?

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!

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?