Exercises from GitHub Desktop Remote lesson

Exercise #1: Pushing changes to GitHub.com

Push the changes to the learning_github repo from the previous exercise to the remote repo on GitHub.

Exercise #2: Creating a new file

1. Navigate to the code folder within the githubdesktop_workshop repo on GitHub. We are going to create an Rmarkdown file in this directory.
2. Click on the “Add File” button and choose “Create new file” from the drop-down button.
3. You will now find yourself on a new page, with your cursor flashing in a text box at the top of the page. Give your new file the name workshop_rmd_exercise.Rmd.
4. In the space below, you can add the contents of your file. Locate the .Rmd file you created in Day 1 self-learning. Copy and paste the code into the browser space labeled Edit file contents here.
5. Click the green Commit changes... button in the upper right, give your commit a descriptive title, and commit the changes

Exercise #3: History

Using GitHub Desktop, pull this repo to your local computer. Take a screenshot of your GitHub Desktop window’s history page, which shows the changes that you have synced to your local repo. Upload this image to the Dropbox link on the schedule page.