usethis for package development - stuck at Github

[phiggins]

Working on first package ever.
Using the usethis workflow as described by Emil Hvitfelt

Project seems ok.
R> proj_sitrep()

• working_directory: '/Users/peterhiggins/Documents/Rcode/medicaldata'
• active_usethis_proj: '/Users/peterhiggins/Documents/Rcode/medicaldata'
• active_rstudio_proj: '/Users/peterhiggins/Documents/Rcode/medicaldata'

stuck on GitHub connection
I have an account with repos, I have a PAT.
but
R> git_sitrep()
Git user

• Name: 'Peter Higgins'
• Email: 'higgi13425@yahoo.com'
• Vaccinated: TRUE
  usethis + git2r
• Default usethis protocol: 'https'
• git2r supports SSH: FALSE
• Credentials: '<usethis + git2r default behaviour>'
  GitHub
• Personal access token: ''
• User: 'higgi13425'
• Name: 'Peter Higgins'
  Repo
• Path: '/Users/peterhiggins/Documents/Rcode/.git'
• Local branch -> remote tracking branch: '' -> ''
  GitHub pull request readiness
  This repo has neither 'origin' nor 'upstream' remote on GitHub.com.

and

R> use_github()
Checking that current branch is 'master'
Error: Detached head; can't continue

Not sure how to get past this problem.

Ideas welcome.
and any explanation of how I borked this also welcome.

thanks!

[ogorodriguez]

Hello all, same case here. Not sure how to go on after this issue.

[francisbarton]

I think you have to stage and commit files first to create the HEAD (or something), then you should be able to use use_github() to initialise the remote.

[jdblischak]

I think @francisbarton is right. You appear to have initialized a Git repository, but haven't created the first commit. I can recreate the error by running git2r::init() before running usethis::use_github().

If there is no Git repository:

> use_github()
✔ Setting active project to 'C:/Users/BLISCJX/Documents/test'
Error: Cannot detect that project is already a Git repository.
Do you need to run `use_git()`?

If you initialize the Git repository, but don't create the first commit:

> r <- git2r::init()
> use_github()
✔ Checking that current branch is 'master'
Error: Detached head; can't continue

In general, if you run usethis::use_git() first (it initializes the repository and also creates a first commit), then you can use usethis::use_github() afterwards.