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Using Git and GitHub with R

Commits

This lesson is called Commits, part of the Using Git and GitHub with R course. This lesson is called Commits, part of the Using Git and GitHub with R course.

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Your Turn

Change the title of your Quarto website by editing the _quarto.yml file.

Then, in GitHub Desktop or RStudio:

Add the _quarto.yml file in the staging area.
Add a commit message.
Make a commit.

Learn More

GitKraken has an article on writing good commit messages. The main message is to make small, informative commits. This is a topic that Maëlle Salmon covers in this blog post and this talk.

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Course Content

28 Lessons

Welcome to Using Git and GitHub with R

How the Course Works

Update Everything

Create a Local Git Repository

GitHub Repositories

Connect to GitHub

Publish Repository from Local to Remote

Clone Repository from Remote to Local

Keep Local and Remote Repositories in Sync

Why Use GitHub for Collaboration?

Set up GitHub Repositories for Collaboration

Project Management with GitHub

Can't Pull Code from GitHub

Merge Conflicts

Can't Push Code to GitHub

Use gitignore to Keep Files Off of GitHub

Best Practices for Using Git and GitHub

How to Work on Multiple Computers with Git and GitHub

How to Avoid Putting Sensitive Information on GitHub

Continuous Deployment

Use GitHub Actions to Run Code Automatically

Wrapping up Using Git and GitHub with R