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Introduction to Git and GitHub
- What is Git? What is GitHub?
- Why Should You Learn to Use Git and GitHub?
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Git
- Install Git
- Configure Git
- Create a Local Git Repository
- Commits
- Commit History
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GitHub
- GitHub Repositories
- Connect RStudio and GitHub
- Push an RStudio Project to a GitHub Repository
- Pull a GitHub Repository to an RStudio Project
- Keep RStudio and GitHub in Sync
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Collaborating with Git and GitHub
- Why Use GitHub vs Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc?
- Dealing with Common Problems: Can't Pull Code from GitHub
- Dealing with Common Problems: Merge Conflicts
- Dealing with Common Problems: Can't Push Code to GitHub
- Let's Keep Bad Things from Happening in the First Place
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Branches
- What are Branches and Why Should We Use Them?
- Branch Names
- How to Create Branches
- Using Pull Requests to Merge a Branch Into Main
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Project Management with GitHub
- GitHub Issues
- How to Organize Issues
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Wrapping Up
- Other Cool Stuff You Can Do with GitHub
Using Git and GitHub with R
Install Git
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Your Turn
Confirm that you installed Git correctly by going to your terminal in RStudio and typing
git --version
(you should have version 2.3 or later)
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Juan Clavijo
October 18, 2021
Had to restart R studio for git version to come up in the terminal
Hannah Koenker
October 20, 2021
I was stuck. I installed Git but got 'object not found' when I restart RStudio and checked it. Turns out I was typing in the Console but needed to be in the Terminal. Just in case others make this mistake :)
Eric Foerster
October 21, 2021
No problems with downloading Git. Using a Mac. Updated R and RStudio with no issues. However, the git --version I'm getting is 2.24.3 (Apple Git-128). Have tried downloading it again several times and cannot get version 2.33. Any ideas???
Mychal Davis
April 15, 2022
Hello, I have Git Bash installed on my machine, do I need to install GIT too?
Norm Anderson
April 16, 2022
I don't think the installation went well. I do not see the version. I have restarted RStudio.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1645] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\norma\OneDrive\Desktop\Week 3 - R in 3 Months>git -- version unknown option: -- usage: git [--version] [--help] [-C ] [-c =] [--exec-path[=]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path] [-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare] [--git-dir=] [--work-tree=] [--namespace=] [--super-prefix=] [--config-env==] []
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1645] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\norma\OneDrive\Desktop\Week 3 - R in 3 Months>git--version 'git--version' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Shira Solomon
April 18, 2022
I installed Git and get this error message when looking for it in the R Studio terminal: " 'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file. " Git GUI, Bash, and CMD all appear in my file tree. Can you help? Thanks!
Shira Solomon
April 18, 2022
Problem solved (mine at least)! Turns out R Studio didn't like my character spacing. It responded just fine when I followed David's example: [no space] git [space] --[no space]version
Niger Sultana
April 22, 2022
bash: git version: command not found is shown after installing git. is it okay? I did not found any instruction to restart R studio. Am I following right way to install Git?
Julieth Silao
October 6, 2022
i follw all the steps but i get
object git not found
Matt Kropp
October 26, 2022
Followed the steps and it is showing an older version 2.15.0. On a M1 Mac.
Elsa Bailey
October 30, 2022
It appears that for Mac we must not click on "installer" but on the 2.33 link. Had to do that to get the updated version. (Clicking on installer gave me a 2.15.0 version)
Kiana Robinson
April 21, 2023
Kianas-MacBook-Pro:Week 3 kianaramisi$ git --version xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun Kianas-MacBook-Pro:Week 3 kianaramisi$ git--version bash: git--version: command not found Kianas-MacBook-Pro:Week 3 kianaramisi$ git --version xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun Kianas-MacBook-Pro:Week 3 kianaramisi$
Why this? Why me?
Kholida Karimova Hashkes
April 22, 2023
Do I need to install Git if I'm planning to use GitHub only?