gitgadget | Rstudio addin for version control

gitgadget is a R library. gitgadget has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities and it has low support. You can download it from GitLab, GitHub.

To start using git and gitgadget first introduce yourself to git. Set a global user name and email for git (e.g., your GitLab user name and email). By default, gitgadget will try to turn on an appropriate credential helper for your operating system. See for additional information. To create and fork repos and collect merge requests you will need to provide a GitLab personal access token. First create the token on GitLab and then copy-and-paste it in the Token input. Unless you plan to use gitgadget to manage student assignments, select student as the User type. Finally, enter the main directory where you plan to clone code repos (e.g., "C:/Users/me/git"). If you want to use an SSH key, make sure to click on the Introduce button, restart Rstudio, and then click on the SSH key button. Copy the key shown in GitGadget to the gitlab.com page that should have opened in your default browser. To securely connect to gitlab from your computer you will need to restart Rstudio and use git clone git@some-private-repo from a terminal in Rstudio the first time you clone a repo. After that, cloning, creating, etc. from GitGadget should work smoothly. See the videos below for a demonstration. Note: On Windows we recommend cloning and creating repos using HTTPS rather than SSH. Note: In these videos we use a docker container (see but this is not required.