Synchronizing R scripts across distributed team environments using Git
I need some guidance on I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but Currently developing a project that requires multiple team members to work on R scripts from different locations. We are using Git for version control, but synchronizing our changes has been somewhat challenging. I've encountered merge conflicts when two developers modify the same function in the R script. Here’s an example of the function that we are both working on: ```r calculate_statistics <- function(data) { mean_val <- mean(data$values) sd_val <- sd(data$values) return(list(mean = mean_val, sd = sd_val)) } ``` I've tried to establish clear guidelines for branching and merging, but it seems like it's still causing confusion. The last commit resulted in a conflict that took a while to resolve, and I’m looking for best practices to avoid this in the future. Additionally, we’re also using RStudio and I’m not sure if there are settings or features within RStudio that could facilitate this process further. Would implementing separate branches for each feature or module be a better approach? How can we effectively communicate changes to ensure smoother integration? Any advice on structuring our Git workflow specifically for R development would be greatly appreciated. I've been using R for about a year now. Any ideas what could be causing this? Has anyone else encountered this?