Getting Set-Up

Jenny Bryan offers a helpful tutorial for the R User:

http://happygitwithr.com/

Cliff Notes:

  1. Update R/R Studio
  2. Download Git (if using a Mac, may already be installed)
  3. Set up a Github account

Link to subscribe for free private repositories if you have a .edu email:

https://education.github.com/discount_requests/new

  1. Get Git talking to RStudio or become familiar using Git through the command line or a GUI

Other useful resources to get you up and running:

https://github.com/datasciencelabs/2016/blob/master/lectures/git-and-github/version-control.Rmd

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2