The assignments listed here should take you approximately 25 total minutes.
To start this assignment, click the button in the upper right-hand corner that says Fork. This is now your copy of the document. Click the Edit button when you're ready to start adding your answers. To save your work, click the green button in the bottom right-hand corner. You can always come back and re-edit your gist.
Need help? You can go back to the files/directories portion of the lesson here.
Scroll down to the bottom of this page and look at the image of the directories and files. Use commands in your terminal to create the directories and files structured exactly how they appear in the image.
When you're done, type history to see your commands. Copy and paste the commands that were used to create the directory and files:
Victors-MacBook-Pro:~ victorabraham$ cd documents
Victors-MacBook-Pro:documents victorabraham$ mkdir essays
Victors-MacBook-Pro:documents victorabraham$ cd essays
Victors-MacBook-Pro:essays victorabraham$ ls
Victors-MacBook-Pro:essays victorabraham$ touch life_lessons.docx
Victors-MacBook-Pro:essays victorabraham$ touch book_report.docx
Victors-MacBook-Pro:essays victorabraham$ touch literary_analysis.docx
Victors-MacBook-Pro:essays victorabraham$
Since this is just a practice directory, feel free to remove the parent directory session_3_practice when you're done with this exercise.
You can reference the files/directories portion of the lesson here.
Follow the steps below to practice the git workflow. Be ready to copy-paste your terminal output as confirmation of your practice.
- Create a directory called
git_homework. Inside of there, create a file calledquotes.txt. - Initialize the directory
- Check the git status
- Add your
quotes.txtfile to the staging area - Check the git status
- Create an initial commit
- Check the status
- Add your favorite quote to the
quotes.txtfile - Check the status
- Check the diff
- Add the changes to the staging area
- Commit the new changes
- Check the status
- Show the log in oneline (yes,
oneline, not a spelling error) format
Copy and paste all of the terminal text from this process below (not just the history):
Victors-MacBook-Pro:mod_0_practice victorabraham$ mkdir git_homework
Victors-MacBook-Pro:mod_0_practice victorabraham$ cd git_homework/
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ touch quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/victorabraham/Documents/mod_0_practice/git_homework/.git/
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git add quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git status
On branch master
No commits yet
Changes to be committed:
(use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
new file: quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git commit -m "Initial commit"
[master (root-commit) 28db6ce] Initial commit
Committer: Victor Abraham <victorabraham@Victors-MacBook-Pro.local>
Your name and email address were configured automatically based
on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate.
You can suppress this message by setting them explicitly. Run the
following command and follow the instructions in your editor to edit
your configuration file:
git config --global --edit
After doing this, you may fix the identity used for this commit with:
git commit --amend --reset-author
1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ echo "Never tell me the odds" >> quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git status
On branch master
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
modified: quotes.txt
no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git diff quotes.txt
diff --git a/quotes.txt b/quotes.txt
index e69de29..eb85a14 100644
--- a/quotes.txt
+++ b/quotes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Never tell me the odds
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git add quotes.txt
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git commit -m "Added first quote"
[master 7a38faa] Added first quote
Committer: Victor Abraham <victorabraham@Victors-MacBook-Pro.local>
Your name and email address were configured automatically based
on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate.
You can suppress this message by setting them explicitly. Run the
following command and follow the instructions in your editor to edit
your configuration file:
git config --global --edit
After doing this, you may fix the identity used for this commit with:
git commit --amend --reset-author
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
Victors-MacBook-Pro:git_homework victorabraham$ git log --pretty=oneline
7a38faaebe1f7435ce251db2c06e8260ee4610bd (HEAD -> master) Added first quote
28db6cece327e310153676ddc91dc7bec5ff7eb4 Initial commit
IMPORTANT: Do not remove this git_homework directory. You will be using this directory during Thursday's session.
Look at the template below for a CardboardBox class. Fill in missing blanks with additional attributes and methods.
Class: CardboardBox
Attributes:
- width (integer)
- depth (integer)
- length (integer)
- color (value)
Methods:
- break_down
- stack
- fill
- empty
If you have any questions, comments, or confusions that you would an instructor to address, list them below:
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If time permits and you want extra git practice and alternative explanations (it's often beneficial to have something explained in many different ways), check out Codecademy's Git Course, particularly the first free item on the syllabus, "Basic Git Workflow". In Mod 0, we will not cover anything beyond Codecademy's intro section; however, you are welcome to check out the other git lessons listed on the syllabus if you want a head start.
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This course is how I personally learned command line. If time permits, I highly recommend reading and practicing.
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Also recommended by Jeff Casimir: Michael Hartl's Learn Enough Command Line.
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