Creating a Cohort-Specific GitHub Repository with Kyber

Configure GitHub

Make sure your computer is configured according to the instructions in vignette("configuration"). Run the following code to see if your GitHub credentials are set up:

library(gitcreds)
gitcreds_get()

If credentials are detected you should get a result like:

<gitcreds>
  protocol: https
  host    : github.com
  username: PersonalAccessToken
  password: <-- hidden -->

Creating the Repository

Each Champions Cohort has its own GitHub repository. The name of the repository should match the corresponding cohort_name in the Cohort Registry. The init_repo() function in the code below will do the following:

1. It checks to see if the GitHub repository you are trying to create already exists. If it does exist, it will result in an error.
2. It tries to initialize a GitHub repository on your computer. If that repository already exists in the path argument, it will result in an error. No repository will have been created on GitHub.
3. It will then create the local Git repository, add a code of conduct (via add_code_of_conduct()), add a .gitignore file (via add_gitignore()), and then git add and git commit those files before git push-ing those files to GitHub.
4. Finally it will create a README.Rmd file in the repository for you to edit.

library(kyber) 

repo_name <- "2021-ilm-rotj"

repo_path <- init_repo(repo_name)