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Using Git from RStudio

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To begin

If you have never used git with RStudio, we strongly advise that you follow our tutorial on using git from RStudio (/”RStudio et Gitlab”/ ). Before proceeding, make sure you also have followed the “git/GitLab configuration” tutorial.

Alternatively, you may want to watch this video (in English). If you do not like videos, you should have a look at the step-by-step explanations from Software Carpentry. It comes with many screenshots and is quite progressive.

Cloning a repository

Open RStudio and do the following steps:

  • Create a new version controled project: File / New Project / Version Control

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  • Get the URL from your GitLab repository:

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  • Indicate this URL in the “Repository URL” field (you may want to prefix this URL with =xxx@= where =xxx= is your Gitlab id to avoid repeatedly giving it later on).

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  • If you’re behind a proxy, git should be configured accordingly. Check the “Dealing with proxies” section.
  • Git will then connect to Gitlab and fetch a whole copy of the repository.
  • RStudio should restart in a mode related to Git:

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  • The file manager on the right, allows you to browse the version controled repository.

Modifying a file

  • Open Module2/exo1/toy_document.Rmd and perform a simple modification.
  • Save
  • Go to the Git menu to commit

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  • Select the lines to commit and then click on commit

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    Your modifications have now been commited on your local machine. They haven’t been propagated to GitLab yet.

  • Click on push to propagate them on GitLab

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    NB: You won’t be able to propagate your modifications on GitLab if some modifications have been done on GitLab in the meantime. rstudio_images/push4.png

  • You should first merge these remote modifications locally. Click on pull to get these modifications on your machine.

    The video Let’s demystify Git, Github, Gitlab/Working together explains how to handle conflict with Git.