Who should read this document?

If you have an existing GitHub account, you do NOT have to read this document.

Introduction and disclosure

This document is a summary of the following sources:

Git and GitHub

Git is a system for version control which is used for the management of repositories / folders. This is used locally and you can think of it as a sophisticated and next level form of track changes in Microsoft Word.
GitHub is the graphical user interface which is an online hosting service for your Git projects. This complements Git and promotes open-source resources, sharing and ultimately collaboration.

You have the option of making repositories public or private on GitHub. Think of private repositories of a back-up of your local repositories which will enable a history of any changes that you have made in your project (i.e version control).

Further reading: Chapter 1 of Happy Git and GitHub for the useR and pre-print.

Getting started with GitHub

Create a free GitHub account and Sign up.

Step 1: Sign up
Step 2: verify your email address

Multi-factor authentication might be required. This is a new protocol within GitHub.
Step 3: sign in
Step 4: Your profile
Step 5: Accessing your profile and repositories

Next steps

You are now ready to attend Part 4 of the MDAG workshop.
If you want to explore the content before the workshop, you can start with the Part4b - Creating your website document.
An optional additional document is also available for GitHub and Git integration Part4c - Git and GitHub.