A skeleton directory to jumpstart an analysis project

Setup

Start a New Project in Rstudio
Use Version Control > Git > Repo Url https://github.com/statsccpr/proj_skel.git
Use a relevant domain-specific name for your local project (NOT proj_skel)
Choose local destination for your local project

Note: uses /proj_skel/.Rprofile which you can modify

Instructions

place chickenscratch prototype scripts in /tests/proto/
place good-standing scripts in /scripts/
place raw data in /data/raw/
place processed data in /data/proc/
place output in /output/
place writeup in /writeup/
formal assertion-travisci tests in /tests/

Optional local offline clone (fork)

In destination directory, use command in command line git clone \..\source\.git \..\destination\

see this for local clone

Optional push to Github

push your local project to new github repo (NOT proj_skel)

login github
create a new github repo https://github.com/new
See this

The remote repo destination likely already exists (the template repo) so remove it, if cloned project template from github (via Setup section)
- git remote -v show
- git remote rm origin
tell local git where to look on github (new repo from step 1)
- git remote add github git@foo_new_name_from_step_1
push local git to remote github
- git push -u github master

See general reference on remote repos

Optional Collaboraters

Tell collaborators to Fork your github repo as their own local repo
They make changes and Push to their own global repo
Everyone can New Pull Request > Compare Across Forks
Pull head fork edits (yours) into base fork edits (theirs)