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Introduction to Version Control and GitLab

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Using git in RStudio

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Instructor Summary

• Go to UW-Madison GitLab instance and login
• Create new project called ratdat_lib_wksp, private repo with README,

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Instructor Note

You may want to give a short orentation to the different parts of the GitLab project webpage that seem relevant here: For example: - the file list - issues/merge requests on the left pane - project info on the right side (license, changelog etc)

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Instructor Summary

• Create GitLab PAT
  • Click settings in repo
  • Project access token page
  • Add new token - work laptop name or whatever you’d like, description blankdefault expiry, owner role, leave scoles unchecked
  • Create project access token
  • Copy project access token to text file
• Setup project
  • Return to main repo page
  • clone using https
  • Switch to RStudio
  • New Rproject, version control with Git, paste URL, save on Desktop
  • Authenticate with username and PAT (from text file)
  • Show the project in R and describe the new files R added

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Syncing your project with GitLab

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