Understanding the workflow "fork and clone"

[maurolepore]

Who is the audience?

Anyone who uses R, Git, and GitHub in a team, particularly those at 2DII who plan to join the "tidy-ds" workshop on August 26-27.

Why is it important?

• Fork and clone is a useful Git pattern that allows you to play well with others.
• During the tidy-ds workshop, you will use this pattern to submit your assignments.
• The usethis package helps you implement this workflow.

What will we cover?

• Visualize this workflow from images.
• Consider the challenges of a manual setup.
• Consider the advantages of usethis setup (or any tool that sets things up automatically, e.g. gh).

Suggested speakers or contributors

@maurolepore

Resources

• Recording
• Google doc with more links