20.2 Git and Github

Git manages the evolution of a set of files (repository).

• 94 % of VC is Git

• GitHub is dominant, followed by GitLab and Bitbucket

• Lot of resources: Happy git and Github for the useR

It allows:

• Communications with users (Issues)

• Collaboration (PR, feature requests)

• Distribution (devtools::install_github) or now with pak install specific SHA

(SHA-1 is used by Git instead of adding numbers, Secure Hash Algorithms)

• Website: see pkgdown