Best way to push Quarto website to github repo?

[eteitelbaum]

What is the best method for pushing your Quarto website to a GitHub repo? Normally I would start a new repo on GitHub, then copy the url and then use version control to start the new project in RStudio. But version control does not have an option for a new Quarto website. So is it better to create the new website using "New Directory" and then push that to GitHub?

[rgaiacs]

Hi @eteitelbaum. Thanks for the question. Can you update your installation of RStudio to 2022.07.1 Build 554 as it has the option to use version control for Quarto website?

[eteitelbaum]

Thanks, @rgaiacs. I might not have asked my question in the clearest way. Usually I would create the repo first and then clone it using the version control option for creating a new project in RStudio like this:

From there, I would create a new blogdown site in the repo.

But the only way to create a Quarto site is to create a new project, so that if I did it this way I would have a project within a project.

So I suppose the best thing is to create the Quarto website while adding a local repo and then push the repo to GitHub. Is that right?

[rgaiacs]

Hi @eteitelbaum. To prevent damage any existing project, the "New Project Wizard" will only write the .Rproj file in existing project.

So I suppose the best thing is to create the Quarto website while adding a local repo and then push the repo to GitHub. Is that right?

From RStudio IDE, this is the required workflow at the moment.

[eteitelbaum]

Hi @rgaiacs

To prevent damage any existing project, the "New Project Wizard" will only write the .Rproj file in existing project.

I didn't get that part. Do you mean to say that the New Project Wizard will only write the .Rproj file to a new project (rather than an existing project)?

[rgaiacs]

To a new project in an existing folder. When it creates a new project in a new folder, it will write all the files related with that type of project.