Git/Github setup

1 Goals

• These instructions essentially follow Happy Git with R (still very useful for non-R users!). If you run into any issues try looking there first.
• If you still have problems let me know. I can meet with people who are still having problems before our Monday meeting

The goal before we meet is to have the following done:

1. Set up a Github account
2. Install Git on your computer
3. Configure your user name and email on Git
4. Install a Git client/GUI (we’ll use GitKraken)

• You may need to install a shell on your computer if you’re on Windows. Mac users can just use the Terminal app (which should already be on your compouter)

2 Setting up Git and Github

2.1 Set up a Github account

• https://github.com/
• Try to get your username right the first time! Some tips here
• Academia gets free private repos: request from https://education.github.com/. Not so important now; you can set up an account first and request this later

2.2 Install Git

• You’ll need a shell for this part
• Follow this section of Happy Git with R closely

2.3 Introduce yourself to Git

Run the code below in your shell.

• user.name: use some version of your real name so we know who is making changes
• user.email: use the email associated with your Github account

For example

git config --global user.name 'weiyangtham'
git config --global user.email 'weiyang.tham@gmail.com'

Now type in git config --global --list and see if you get the same output as I do

git config --global --list

## user.email=weiyang.tham@gmail.com
## user.name=weiyangtham

3 Git client

• GitKraken is a good option for us as it works across all Windows, Mac, and Linux
• Minimize having to deal with command line, but can still do stuff from the command line if you have to
• DO NOT use the free Github client
• I’ll stick with GitKraken for the workshop, but there are more Git clients here