GitHub Pages Assignment

(10 pts) Assignment Instructions

Go slowly, follow the instructions carefully, and you’ll be fine! See the point breakdown below in the assignment. Ask questions in class or on Piazza.

Sign in to your GitHub account if you have one, or follow the instructions to sign up and create your own GitHub profile/ID (make sure it’s appropriate for job or grad school applications).
Create a new repo! Steps:
- [Top right of webpage] » Click on the “+” » Click “New repository”
- Enter a name for your new repo
- Keep it as a Public repo
- Check the box that says initialize with “Add a README file”
- Click “Create Repository”
Turn your repo into a website! Steps:
- You should be within your new repo after you clicked “Create Repository”
- Click “Settings” » Click “Pages” on the left menu bar
- Change the source to “main” and save
- You should see a note that says “Your site is published at [your-link]”; make a note of this link
- Choose the theme that you prefer
- Modify content in the README if you like, but it’s fine to use filler content provided for now
Go to Alyssa’s GitHub-Practice-184 repo (that generated this page)! Steps:
- Click the “View on GitHub” button at the top of this page that you’re currently reading :) or you can go to GitHub, search for “alyssa-hu”, and find the GitHub-Practice-184 repo
- [Top right of Alyssa’s GitHub-Practice-184 repo] » Click on the “Fork” to create your own copy of the class repo
- You should now have a copy of the repo which says “[your-userID]/GitHub-Practice-184” at the top with a tiny note saying it was forked from alyssa-hu/GitHub-Practice-184
- Click on “README.md” » Click on the pencil icon to edit your copy of the repo
Add a row in your copy of the table with your information! Steps:
- Follow the pattern for placing the vertical bar characters (the vertical bar is found above the Enter key)… use the “Alyssa Hu” row as a template
- (2 pts) Add your First & Last Name
- (2 pt) Add your Class Section
- (2 pts) Add your GitHub ID
- (2 pts) Add your GitHub Page website link that you made a note of above (check that it says “[your-userID].github.io” at the start of the link); look carefully at the example format and enclose the link in <>
- (1 pts) You must commit your changes!
  - Write a descriptive commit message (e.g. “added Alyssa Hu to class table”)
  - Use the default setting of Commit directly to the main branch
  - Click the green button “Commit changes”
Merge your updated copy of the repo with Alyssa’s repo! Steps:
- [Top right of YOUR GitHub-Practice-184 repo] » Click “Pull requests” » Click green button “New Pull Request”
- GitHub will take you to MY (Alyssa’s) copy of the repo (alyssa-hu/GitHub-Practice-184 at the top)
- Click the green button “Create pull request”
- Describe the change again (e.g. “added Alyssa Hu to class table”)
- (1 pt) You must click the green button “Create pull request” so that I can see your edit!
You’re done!

Important: Your entry may NOT appear on the class table right away. Once you submit the “pull request” the owner of the repo (me) needs to approve and merge it into the “main” branch before your entry will appear in the class table on the website.

Class GitHub Table

Integration of RStudio with Git

Simplified instructions: Data Computing eBook–Appendix: GitHub-RStudio Configuration
More detail if needed: http://happygitwithr.com/index.html

Content credit: This assignment was adapted from Matt Beckman’s GitHub Pages Assignment.