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Setup GitHub on Windows

Download GitHub Desktop

Go to a git repo that you would like to clone, for example, https://github.com/bensutherland/fasta_SNP_extraction
Click the green button 'Clone or download', and click 'Open in Desktop' This will open https://desktop.github.com/

Click the button 'Download for Windows (64 Bit)'

This will download a setup exe file to your Downloads folder 'GitHubDesktopSetup.exe' Run this executable.

Install GitHub Desktop

A window should pop up stating "Welcome to GitHub Desktop". Sign in to your account.

Getting Started

To start, click one of your repositories and then click the blue button: 'Clone <your_name/your_repo>' By default, your repos will clone into "C:\Users<your_account>\Documents\GitHub"

Working within GitHub desktop

Now you can either put files into the directory specified above, e.g. into folders within the repo as instructed by the README, or you can open the scripts through R for example.

Any changes that you make to the repo are able to be pushed to your master by using the GitHub desktop application.

Happy Git'ing!

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