consider teaching Github Auth using the `usethis` package

[ilessing]

For Episode 10 Collaborating via Github – Introduction to Reproducible Publications with RStudio

The "UseThis" R package reputably eases creation and use of Github Personal Access Tokens (PAT) within RStudio/Quarto

• Automate Package and Project Setup • usethis
• Coverage in the MEDs workshop
• About authentication to GitHub - GitHub Docs

Q: Could UseThis work for learners in the context of Collaboration episode of the workshop?

relates to #43

[ilessing]

see also: Designing a Reproducible and Collaborative Lab (RCL) - Using git and GitHub with RStudio

[ilessing]

install.packages("usethis")
usethis::create_github_token()
gitcreds::gitcreds_set()
usethis::git_sitrep()

above works well locally.

Need to test on JupyterHub!!

[brunj7]

this is the command we use on Linux servers that do not cache the token automatically:

git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=10000000'

timeout is in seconds

[ilessing]

results of testing with JupyterHub (LSIT provided instance)

• when I open a new RStudio project and look at the packages pane I see the usethis package listed.

  packageVersion('usethis') 
  [1] ‘2.2.2’

[ilessing]

another documentation link: https://usethis.r-lib.org/articles/articles/git-credentials.html

[rcurty]

done