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Push an RStudio Project to a GitHub Repository

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Your Turn

  1. Open the local-first project you created previously

  2. Push your local-first project to GitHub using the use_github() function from the usethis package

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Elan Sykes

I set my github PAT up without a problem a while ago but returning to this (and catching up on some long-delayed lessons here) I can't connect to github. I get the error message "Error: GitHub PAT must have one of these forms:

  • 40 hexadecimal digits (older PATs)
  • A 'ghp_' prefix followed by 36 to 251 more characters (newer PATs)"

When I check on github the PAT is still the one I set up, so I'm not sure how to fix this.

David Keyes

Can you try just creating a new PAT and seeing if that works?

Elan Sykes

That worked!

David Keyes

Excellent!

Yuan Liu

Hi Dave, I am trying to push a local R project to Github. My goal is to push this R project currently located on my PC only to Github, and then pull it to my MacBook. I believe I have set up PAT correctly in R Studio on both the PC and the MacBook.

I used: usethis::use_github()

I got the error (without showing other actions that were actually successful): Error in libgit2::git_remote_push : failed to receive response: A security error occurred

Googling the error message hasn't gotten me anywhere. Could you share insights on what the "security error" might have been?

David Keyes

That's a new one for me! Quick question: did your R project show up on GitHub?

Yuan Liu

It did, but it's empty. That is, only the repo's name is there. In case helpful, below is the entire return in R studio after I ran usethis::use_github():

ℹ Defaulting to 'https' Git protocol ✔ Setting active project to 'C:/Users/Yuan.Liu/Desktop/EcoMon2019SealScat' ✔ Creating GitHub repository 'yliu-atwork/ProjectName' ✔ Setting remote 'origin' to 'https://github.com/yliu-atwork/ProjectName.git' ✔ Pushing 'main' branch to GitHub and setting 'origin/main' as upstream branch Error in libgit2::git_remote_push : failed to receive response: A security error occurred ✔ Opening URL 'https://github.com/yliu-atwork/ProjectName'

David Keyes

David Keyes

March 1, 2023

Are you sure you're working in a project? This shows what you should see: https://show.rfor.us/GR4T9lXn

Yuan Liu

Morning Dave! Yes, I am in my project. Also, I set up a test R project on my PC and I failed to push that to Github as well (same error message). However, I am able to do it from my MacBook. Strange stuff! I reached out to our IT Helpdesk in case it's a security thing of my work PC. I'll share any follow-ups (may take a while). Meanwhile, please let me know if you think there is anything else I could try. Thank you!

Zain Asaf

Zain Asaf

June 11, 2023

Hi David and Charlie, I am working on something from week 10. I wanted to post the gist for the code as I am getting an error message. I wanted to post the code to an existing project that I have called "zain_rin3-project' However, when I attempt to push the project to github, I get the following error message "Error: Repo 'zainasaf/zain_rin3-project' already exists on 'github.com'. I assume it is possible to push the code to an existing project, and we do not have to create a new project in github each time we post new code. Is there a step that I am missing ?

David Keyes

David Keyes

June 12, 2023

I believe this is the same issue that we experienced before when we had our call together. Can you please record a quick video to show what you're seeing?