https://www.rostrum.blog/tags/git/ Recent content in Git on rostrum.blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/02/27/typos/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2021/02/27/typos/ The author at work (CC BY-SA 3.0 KaterBegemot) tl;dr Nearly 10 per cent of the commits to this blog’s source involve typo fixes, according to a function I wrote to search commit messages via the {gh} package. Not my typo I’m sure you’ve seen consecutive Git commits from jaded developers like ‘fix problem’, ‘actually fix problem?’, ‘the fix broke something else’, ‘burn it all down’. Sometimes a few swear words will be thrown in for good measure (look no further than ‘Developers Swearing’ on Twitter). https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/11/01/usethis/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/11/01/usethis/ Ossie, a Cabinet Office cat (via @cabinetofficeuk) tl;dr I gave a talk about creating an R package with helper functions from the {usethis} package In the session I created a new package from scratch called {cabinet} for identifying the cats that live in the UK Government’s Cabinet Office See the slides in a dedicated window or view their source See the {cabinet} package source and its website Jump to a list of other materials Coffee packaging I gave a talk at a Cabinet Office Coffee & Coding session about building R packages from scratch. https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/10/21/git-github/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/10/21/git-github/ tl;dr Git is software on your computer that acts as a brain to store the version history of your files. Forget the discombobulation of file names like weasel-facts_FINAL.txt, weasel-facts_FINAL_comments.txt, etc, etc. GitHub is a website and cloud service for storing your version history remotely and for making collaboration easier. Jump to: Summary Version control Step-by-Step What next Other resources Summary This post is a basic and non-comprehensive introduction to Git and GitHub, with a focus on Mac users who are starting a project and working alone. https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/02/01/git-going-cl/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.rostrum.blog/2019/02/01/git-going-cl/ Examples of inputs and outputs at the command line tl;dr This post is a basic introduction to the command line, focusing on macOS’s Terminal. Here are some commonly-used commands: Command Example Short explanation pwd pwd Print working directory cd cd <filepath> Change directory ls ls List folder contents mkdir mkdir <folder name> Make directory (folder) touch touch <filename> Create a file nano nano <filename> Open Nano editor open open <filename> Open a file in its default program mv mv <filename> <filepath> Move a file rm rm <filename> Remove (delete) a file man man <command name> Manual for a command New Year’s R-solution People shared recently on Twitter their R goals for 2019 (see Maëlle Salmon’s post).