Clone the GitHub repository to your computer using RStudio

Questions

• Are you ready to check RStudio and github connectivity?

Connect you github repo to RStudio

• Open RStudio
  
• In RStudio, start a new Project:
  
• File > New Project > Version Control > Git
  
• In “Repository URL”, paste the URL of your new GitHub repository. It will be something like this https://github.com/Sydney-Informatics-Hub/myrepo_masterclass_RStudio_github.git
  
• Accept the default project directory name, e.g. myrepo_masterclass_RStudio_github, which coincides with the GitHub repo name
  
• Keep a note of where the Project will be saved locally
  
• Check “Open in new session”
  
• Click “Create Project”
  
• You should find yourself in a new local RStudio Project that represents your test repo on GitHub. This should download the README.md file from GitHub. Look in RStudio’s file browser pane for the README.md file

• And this is the new Git tab you should see next to your environment pane:

Key points

• RStudio allows seamless connectivity to github in a single step.

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