Setting up a GitHub account

If you have not already, make sure you have created an account on GitHub here and are added to the anyone-can-cook organization.

Installing Git for Macs

Mac users should already have git installed. Open up your Terminal application and check that it is installed by running git. You should see some information about Git commands and usage being outputted to your screen.

If not, then you may need to install Git by downloading it from here.

Installing Git for Windows

What is Git for Windows?

Steps to install:

Troubleshooting

PATH environment variable:

Adding to PATH on Windows:

Running bash in RMarkdown

Check that you are able to run bash in an RMarkdown code chunk:

Generating GitHub access token

What are local and remote repositories?

Steps to set up access token:

Tutorials [optional]