Prerequisites

Author

Beatriz Milz

TL;DR

In this meetup we will talk about GitHub Actions, and I will be presenting some practial examples. If anyone is interested in following along, is important to:

Have a GitHub account: https://github.com/ - it’s free.
It would be nice to already know how to use Git and GitHub in RStudio.

Configuring Git and GitHub in RStudio

If you have not used Git and GitHub with RStudio IDE before, I recommend you take some time to prepare your environment!

Here is a check-list you can use:

Install Git on your computer
Create a free account on GitHub
Install package usethis: install.packages("usethis")
Introduce yourself to Git:

usethis::use_git_config(
  # your name
  user.name = "Captain Marvel",
  # your email used in your GitHub account
  user.email = "awesomecaptain@gmail.com"
)

Create a GitHub PAT Token with usethis::create_github_token() (is like a password)
Store your token with gitcreds::gitcreds_set()
Restart your R Session (usually CTRL + SHIFT + F10 will do the work)
Use usethis::git_sitrep() to check if your name, email and PAT are configured. The most important thing to look for is: Personal access token for 'https://github.com': '<discovered>'.

From: https://beamilz.com/posts/2022-06-05-creating-a-blog-with-quarto/en/#create-a-github-repository

Suggestions of supplemental material about using Git and GitHub in RStudio:

First Steps in Learning the Use of Git & GitHub in RStudio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN6tvgt3GK8
You can read detailed information about how to do this in the book Happy Git with R.

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Configuring Git and GitHub in RStudio

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