Introduction to Git / Github workshop

Important Workshop Materials

What you need

To participate in this workshop, you need to have R and RStudio installed on your computer. Also, please install the following R packages:

• install.packages("readr", "lubridate", "dplyr", "ggplot2")

Pre-requisites

This workshop is geared towards participants with background using R to work with data.

Data

All of the data required to complete this workshop is located in a GitHub repository. You may access the data in one of two ways:

1. If you already use git or want to learn, set it up on your computer.
2. Then use git clone https://github.com/earthlab/version-control-hot-mess to clone or copy the workshop repo to your computer.
3. If you are not comfortable using git or would rather download the repository:
   • Visit this url: https://github.com/earthlab/version-control-hot-mess and look for the green “Clone or download” button.
   • Select “Download ZIP” to download the repo as a zip file.
   • Download the repo and unzip it somewhere on your computer where you will work.

Be sure that you save things in a directory on your computer that you can find and use during the workshop!