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installing software

Before you can collaborate using GitHub, both you and your collaborator have to install software and setup accounts as follows.

install R and RStudio

Both you and your collaborator install R and RStudio on your local machines.

Windows users may have to login as an Administrator before installing the software.

install git

Both you and your collaborator install git on your local machines. Once installed, we access its functionality via the RStudio interface. In the following guidelines, please read through an entire section before starting the installation.

setup GitHub

Both you and you collaborator need a GitHub account.

GitHub is a hosting service that provides an online home for your Git-based projects—critically important for sharing with collaborators. Once you have a GitHub account, you will update your repositories using the RStudio interface.

Once you have a GitHub account, do the following steps to make the connection between RStudio and GitHub fast and easy. Please read through an entire step before starting that step.

Cleanup

  • Close the Shell window
  • Delete the test project on your machine
  • Delete the test repo on GitHub, Settings > Danger Zone > Delete this repository

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