📝 Week 2 Lab - Class Notes

A repository that can be used to take class notes and also practicing git. This repository will be used for working through Week 2's lab.

Instructions

We'll start by forking this class-notes repository, opening up a Codespace on your forked version and then follow the below instructions.

Managing files with the commandline

• Open a terminal window and create a new directory called test
• Navigate to the test directory
• Create a new file called test.txt
• Open the file in VS Code and make a few changes, save the file and close it.
• Navigate back out of the test directory
• Delete the test directory

Adding a new file to the repository

• Create a new branch for the changes you are about to make.
• Create a new file in the notes directory with the name of the topic you want to take notes on. For example, if you want to take notes on git, create a file called git.md.
• Add some notes to the file. You can use markdown to format your notes.
• Use git add to stage your changes for a commit, then use git status to view the current state of your project (you should see the file you just created).
• Commit your changes and push your new branch to GitHub.
• Create a pull request to merge your branch into the main branch.
• Have someone else review your pull request and resolve any feedback.
• Merge your pull request into the main branch and delete your branch.
• Pull the latest changes from origin to your local machine and confirm your changes are there.
• Celebrate! 🎉

Practice using git to revert changes

• Try making another change to your notes
  • Create a new branch
  • Make a change (like adding a new file or changing an existing one)
  • Commit it
  • push it to origin and merge it into main
• Switch back to the main branch on your repository and pull your latest change.
• Use git log to see a list of your changes.
• Revert your changes by creating a new branch and reverting the commit that you made.
• Commit your changes and push your new branch to GitHub.
• Create a pull request to merge your branch into the main branch.
• Have someone else review your pull request and resolve any feedback.
• Merge your pull request into the main branch and delete your branch.
• Pull the latest changes from origin to your local machine and confirm your changes are there.
• Celebrate! 🎉

An overview of these basic git commands can be found on the Odin Project.