inst/Get_stuck_in.md

In ms609/SlowQuartet: Comparison of Phylogenetic Trees Using Quartet and Split Measures

Installing software

You'll want to install:

• RStudio
• Github Desktop

Getting the files

Then you'll want your own copy of the files.

• Create an account with GitHub
• Fork the Quartet repository by clicking the "Fork" button at the top-right of its page
• Run Github Desktop and log in. Head to File→Clone repository (Shift-Ctrl-O). The fork you just made should appear in the GitHub.com tab. Specify the Local path to which you wish to save the files.

Exploring

Now open RStudio and create a File→New project from an existing directory, using the Quartet folder that you just created. In RStudio, navigate to data-raw/Congreve2016.Rmd. You can run one code chunk at a time by clicking their green "play" arrows, or one line at a time by keying Ctrl-Enter whilst the cursor is on that line. See whether you can understand what is happening.

Editing

Once you've got a handle on the code, you can try editing it. Make a small change to a file, and save it. Github Desktop should notice this change, and allow you to commit it to GitHub. Type in a descriptive summary, and a description of the changes if you want, then use the Commit button to register the changes on your machine. Use the "Push" button (on the black toolbar) to push your local changes to the GitHub server. These are now stored "in the cloud", meaning that they are backed up and available for you to access wherever you are.

ms609/SlowQuartet documentation built on April 22, 2024, 5:41 p.m.