How to download r files from github

Show activity on this post. I have a zip file containing data in a private Github repo. I am writing some R code, and I wish to download the data into R. When I run the following code I get a HTTP status was ' Not Found'. This doesn't happen when the repo is bublic, though.  · Open up Git Bash, type in “ cd Downloads ” and hit Enter. This will take you to the Downloads folder in the command window, you can also type .  · How to Download From GitHub on Windows Mac OS X. Mac and Windows users will be happy to find out that files and projects can be download from GitHub by using a GUI. There are many Git clients available, some free and some commercials, but for this tutorial, we’ll stick to the official Git clients from GitHub.

Create a local Git repository. Now that you have installed and configured Git, you can use it! To use GitHub with your package, you'll need to initialise a local repository, or repo for short. This creates bltadwin.ru directory that stores configuration files and a database that records changes to your code. A new repo exists only on your computer; you'll learn how to share it with others. In similar style to akhmed, I thought I would update the answer, since now you can just use Hadley's readr package. Just one thing to note: you'll need the url to be the raw content (see the //bltadwin.ru below). Here's an example. This should download the bltadwin.ru file that we created on GitHub in the previous step. Look in RStudio's file browser pane for the bltadwin.ru file. Why setup your R projects this way? There's a big advantage to the "Github first, then RStudio workflow: the remote GitHub repo is now the "upstream" remote for your local repo.

Installing GitHub packages into R Step 1: Install the devtools package. To install a R package, start by installing the devtools package. The best way to do this is from CRAN, by typing: bltadwin.rues("devtools") Step 2: Install the package of interest from GitHub. You can download an entire repository from GitHub using R by installing the package usethis: bltadwin.rues('usethis') Copy bltadwin.ru URL from the Clone or download button on the GitHub repository of interest. Be sure to copy the link address from Download ZIP and not the HTTPS URL. For example, I want to download this repository. Open up Git Bash, type in “ cd Downloads ” and hit Enter. This will take you to the Downloads folder in the command window, you can also type whatever file location you want to save the file.