Git
What is Git?
Why Git? In this course (and in your own work), you will be writing lots of programs. Generally the first draft is not the final draft, be it a research paper or a computer script.
Install Git
This page provides instructions to install Git for Windows, Mac OX, and Linux. Git Installation: Windows Install Git for Windows, also known as msysgit or “Git Bash”, to get Git in addition to some other useful tools, such as the Bash shell.
Git clients
You can use Git for version control through the command line or through a Git client. For the first option, see What is the Shell?. Here we are going to focus on Git clients.
Configure Git
If you are configuring Git on your own computer, run the following code in the R console to ensure you have the required packages installed (you should not need to run it if you are using R Workbench):
Using Git within RStudio
Complete these steps after you have Installed Git (only if you are working with R Studio locally) and Configured Git (for both local and R Workbench option) to verify that everything works as expected.