RStudio

This page presents the minimal configuration of RStudio Desktop for a better reproducibility.

Go to Tools > Global Options > General and:

• uncheck Restore .RData into workspace at startup
• select Never save workspace to .RData on exit
• uncheck Always save history (even when not saving .RData)

Figure 1: Configuration of RStudio IDE

Tips for better reproducibility

• Never save your workspace as .RData: decide what you want to save and use save(), saveRDS(), write.csv(), etc.
• Never save your command history: write your code in scripts, not in the console

Now follow instruction to configure git.