Working with a team on a project is almost unthinkable without a version control system. In principle, with GIT it is possible to work without a central repository. However, it is very common to still work with a central repository where collaborators can pull changes from and push their own. There are several online resources where you can host your open source projects free of charge. Popular ones include github
(obviously supporting GIT only), code.google.com, and bitbucket
. The latter two support GIT as well as Subversion. At the time of writing, bitbucket
is the only of these three hosting non-open repositories for free as well.
To start on a project with an online repository, you need to create an account and create a new project at the hosting site. When you create a project, you usually have to choose the version control system you want to use. Once the online repository is created, start RStudio and click on Project | New project. Choose Check out a project from...