[R-pkg-devel] submitting to github

[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 <tring using gvdnet.dk> wrote:
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> Dear friends - I'm sorry to bother but seem to be unable to interact
> constructively with github.
>
>
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> 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
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> rm -rf .git
>
> and then select version control using git (tools, project options,git/svn) -
> and origin is still marked as "none" after restarting RStudio.
>
> Then from shell again: git init
>
> Yielding
>
> Initialized empty Git repository in
> C:/Users/Troels/Dropbox/Rown/ABCharge/.git/
>
> Rstudio restarted, package reopened: origin still "none"
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> Git panel appears OK.
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>
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> Now from github: add new repository (non present after prior deletions!)
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> Named as package name - repeated in description - repository created
>
>
>
> Shell opened from RStudio
>
> git remote add origin https://github.com/troelsring/ABCharge.git  - works
> without problems - an origin seems correctly accepted in RStudio - but then:
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> git push -u origin master  - results in:
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>
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> error: src refspec master does not match any.
>
> error: failed to push some refs to
> 'https://github.com/troelsring/ABCharge.git' below in red
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>
>
> I seem (also!) to have problems with the SSH keys - Rstudio marks that I
> have a key in c:/Users/Troels/.ssh/id_rsa -
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> but when I run file.exists("~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub")
> [1] FALSE -  Is returned - but that is not the issue I guess? I have anyway
> made a public key as suggested.
>
> I have spent hours seeking on the many pages for explanation for this
> probably simple problem.
> All best
> Troels
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