Connecting an existing RStudio project to git and GitHub (CC145)

git and GitHub are a great tools for facilitating reproducibility. RStudio is a wonderful tool for writing in R. Put them together - AWESOMENESS. In this Code Club episode, Pat shows how to get going with version control using an existing RStudio project and then how to push the project to GitHub.

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0:00 Introduction
1:32 Creating our local git repository
3:58 Creating an account on GitHub
4:44 Creating repository on GitHub
5:39 Connect local repository to GitHub
6:32 Adding and modifying files to repository
9:25 Recap

[Riffomonas]

What kind of questions do you have about using git or GitHub?

[katep]

My grad program taught me a whole lot about R but nothing about GitHub. I've been so lost trying to figure out how to get my R scripts into GitHub until now. Thank you so much!!!

[resford]

Thank you very much for making this! I just started learning R and GitHub and am really excited to keep all my projects organized for other folks to see and share.

[chuckbecker]

Great instructional video, thanks! During the pandemic I became proficient at this but haven't used Git in a couple of years. You provided just the guidance I needed.

[chrismatthis]

Your videos are immensely helpful! Also they are so friendly for beginners like me. Really appreciate you making and sharing these vids!!

[aidanperkins]

you sir are my hero, i was so lost without you

[chughag]

Thank you!! Really appreciate for creating these simple, concise yet powerful tutorials.

[svenr]

Our Lab doesn't use it, but I still try to manage my projects in GIT. I don't know why but I like Gitlab more.
Thanks for sharing your point of view over and over again. I don't know why you only have 3k subs.

[niceday]

Simple and straightforward， GREAT! A big thanks to you!

[AlexKashie]

Possible to like this video 1000 times?

Thank you Sir

[PedroRibeiro-zsgo]

Thanks man, this video was EXTREMELY useful!! Awesome!

This is really helpful, I'm sure I'll comeback to this video a few times.

[jonf]

This may seem like simple steps but this really clarified a lot of things, huge thanks from California :)

[yumidera]

Thanks for great instruction! I got stuck at the new authentication method a bit, but made it through!!

[marerlevin]

Maybe just for others that run into the same problem. Do not create a README file at the start when creating your repository. At least I had the problem that I then could not link my Rproject with my github repository because it said that there were files in my github repository that were not on my local computer. Just follow his instructions precisely and you should not run into any trouble. In the process of trying to fix my issue I also linked my Rstudio with my github using a SSH-key but I am not sure if that was really necessary.
I used github for the very first time and this was my first repository ever made on my github account.

[fit_sarthi]

☺ Thanks, Appreciated . Can you please make videos on how to make nested loops in R - that we can use for feature engineering and all ?

[joseluisloren]

Just wanted to say that now private repositories are also available with the free version.

[birasafabrice]

thank for this amazing video, it helped a lot!

[mmuti]

this video just earned u a like, subscribe and a comment ✌

[andrea-mjce]

A little off-topic, but what open R project do you recommend to join as a 4-year experience person with interest in machine learning ?