Instructions come from https://happygitwithr.com
## install if needed (do this exactly once):
## install.packages("usethis")
library(usethis)
use_git_config(user.name = "ludwiglist",
user.email = "[email protected]")
## set your default initial branch name to main
usethis::git_default_branch_configure()
## create github PAT (personal access token)
usethis::create_github_token()
## store PAT
gitcreds::gitcreds_set()
## create a local directory, linked to a remote GitHub repository
usethis::create_from_github(
"https://github.com/progecon/myrepo.git", ## URL of the remote repo
destdir = "C:/Users/listl/OneDrive - FES/R projects" ## path to where you want the local repo
)