Mastering RStudio – Develop, Communicate, and Collaborate with R

Using Git with RStudio

To use Git with RStudio, we have to set the path to the Git executable in the global options. Therefore, we have to click on Tools | Global Options...:

Then, we select the Git/SVN tab and click on Browse..., and find the place where the Git executables were installed.

Using RStudio and GitHub via SSH

RStudio also makes it easy to establish a secure connection with https://github.com/ via SSH. Therefore, we have to create a new SSH RSA key by clicking on Create RSA Key.... This will open a new window where we can set a location ...