diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
+
+*_key.R
+
+this_file_was_ignored.R
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+This is a repository that you can fork to your local computer, make edits, send them back, share with classmates, and use all the git skills you are learning today!
diff --git a/code/print_your_name.R b/code/print_your_name.R
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+# Create an object with your name on it
+
+x <- "bruna"
+# print that object on the console
+print(x)
diff --git a/code/warbler_plot.R b/code/warbler_plot.R
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+# Clode to create a plot of warbler detections varying according 
+#   to elevation using ggplot (we made a similar one last class!)
+#   There is one thing that is not working and you have to change
+
+## load packages --------------------------------------------------------
+
+## load the data --------------------------------------------------------
+load("/Users/bamaral/Documents/GitHub/github-practice-test/data/warbler-data.rda")
+
+## look at the objects loaded--------------------------------------------
+
+## create a figure with axis labels using ggplot ------------------------
+p <- 
+
+     # here are two lines that should be in your figure:
+     geom_smooth(method = "glm", method.args = list(family = "binomial")) + 
+     theme_bw()
+
+
+## save your figure as a pdf file in the 'figures' folder: --------------
+# what is the difference between these two lines of code?
+ggsave("\my_plot1.pdf", plot = p, width = 7, height = 5) 
+ggsave("figures/my_plot2.pdf", plot = p, width = 7, height = 5) 
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+Subproject commit 324a852c062c0da3a2ca18f762ec71563812d571
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