Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Hadley Wickham
No one else has mentioned it on the thread, so I'd highly recommend https://happygitwithr.com — it's a guide to git + github specifically written for R users, and covers many of the common problems people have when getting set up. Hadley On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:51 AM Troels Ring wrote: > > Dea

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Troels Ring
Thanks a lot - since this is primarily a practical problem of making an actually working package available through github I used the drag and drop approach suggested by Martin Smith simply taking all project files from the RStudio project into the repository and it worked. Eventually I'll find o

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Ben Bolker
It's not something I've experienced myself, but I've heard that Dropbox and Git don't always play nicely together. Maybe try working outside your dropbox folder? https://www.anishathalye.com/2015/08/19/git-remote-dropbox/ On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 6:45 AM SMITH, MARTIN R. wrote: > > Hi Troels, >

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread SMITH, MARTIN R.
Hi Troels, This probably doesn't score points for best practice, but if you only need to post the files to GitHub, you could always set up a new repository on github.com and simply drag and drop the relevant files from your computer into the browser window. - Martin -- Mar

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Joris Meys
Hi Troels, origin: none means that git created a local repository but didn't link it to a github account yet. If you're not that familiar with git, I suggest you take a look at Github Desktop. We use that with our students, and even I still use it sometimes. Github Desktop allows you to publish a

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Troels Ring
Hi Stefan – thanks for the question: I have a newly developed package which I need to have on github for a publication. So, while there still a minor problems in the package as it is, I started to trying to interact with github so really I am trying to put a working package onto github. All be

Re: [R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Stefan McKinnon Høj-Edwards
Hej Troels, What exactly are you trying to acheive here? I.e., are you trying to 1) put a new project onto github, or 2) copy a repository on github to your local computer, or 3) do as 2) and then update it your current modifications? Stefan McKinnon Høj-Edwards Mobile: (+45) 2888 6598 Den fre.

[R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

2019-01-25 Thread Troels Ring
Dear friends - I'm sorry to bother but seem to be unable to interact constructively with github. I try to follow the instructions from Hadley (thanks) - i.e. I have a small trial-project which functions well. Since I have tried many times I start from shell with rm -rf .git and then sele