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GitHub fun for the Cadenasso Lab!

GitHub Tutorial for the Cadenasso Lab at UC Davis

Agenda

1. What is GitHub? Git?
2. Understanding the terminology
3. Showoff Github.com
4. Show how GitHub & Git & R Studio all work together
5. Have the lab install Git and connect to R Studio (fingers crossed this works)
6. All work on 2 examples together!

What is GitHub?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3jLJU7DT5E&t=1s

Terminology:

Term	Definition
Repository (repo)	project folder with files, documentation & revision history
Issue	dicussion thread
Clone	copy of a repo that's local
Fork	copy of repo that stays on your GitHub account
Branch	parallel version of a repo
Commit	revision / ‘saving’ a file
Push	sending commits to your repo
Pull request	tells others about changes you've pushed/proposing
Merge	the changes from one branch are applied to another
Fetch	refresh / getting latest changes

First lab exercise

1. Create your own repo on GitHub
2. Clone it to RStudio
3. Create an R file in RStudio
4. Commit changes and push

Second lab exercise

1. Fork and clone this repo
2. Open RStudio and edit the R file
3. Commit changes and push
4. Create a pull request
5. Merge to base branch

Helpful Links:
Download Git: https://git-scm.com/downloads

Connect to Git: https://happygitwithr.com/hello-git.html#hello-git

git config --global user.name 'Jane Doe'
git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
git config --global --list

Alternative using RStudio: https://happygitwithr.com/hello-git.html#hello-git

Connect Git to RStudio: https://happygitwithr.com/rstudio-git-github.html

PC: .../Local/Programs/Git/bin/git.exe
Mac: .../usr/local/bin/git.exe

Markdown Cheatsheet: https://guides.github.com/pdfs/markdown-cheatsheet-online.pdf
Github Desktop: https://desktop.github.com/
For a laugh: https://github.com/EugeneKay/git-jokes/blob/lulz/Jokes.txt