Homework Assignment: Git Mastery

Task 1: Repository Basics

  • Create a new repository on GitHub.
  • Clone the repository to your local machine, create a new file called README.md, and commit the changes.
  • Push the commits back to the remote repository on GitHub.

Task 2: Branching and Merging

  • Create a new branch called feature-branch from the main branch.
  • Make some changes to an existing file or create a new file, commit the changes, and push the branch to GitHub.
  • Then, merge the feature-branch into the main branch using a pull request.

Task 3: Resolving Conflicts

  • Create a new branch from the main branch.
  • Make changes to a file in both the main branch and your new branch.
  • Commit the changes to both branches, causing a conflict.
  • Resolve the conflict by manually editing the conflicting file, commit the changes, and push them to GitHub.

Task 4: Collaboration with Forks

  • Fork the git_internal repo on GitHub.
  • Make changes to student.txt: add your first and last name.
  • Submit the changes as a pull request to the original repo.
  • Add a link to the repo you created in tep 1 to a comment on the PR.