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:
mkdir session_3_practice
57 touch budget.csv mentors.txt
58 ls
59 rm budget.csv
60 rm mentors.txt
61 ls
62 cd session_3_practice
63 touch budget.csv mentors.txt
64 mkdir notes
65 mkdir practice
66 cd notes
67 touch git_notes.txt command_line_notes.txt
68 ls
69 cd ..
70 cd practice
71 touch git_practice.txt
72 mkdir projects
73 cd projects
74 touch game.js
75 ls
76 cd ..
77 ls
78 cd ..
79 ls
80 cd notes
81 ls
82 cd ..
83 cd practice
84 ls
85 cd
86 history
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 format
Copy and paste all of the terminal text from this process below (not just the history):
vanessarandall~$ mkdir git_homework_2
vanessarandall~$ cd git_homework_2
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ touch quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ ls
quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/vanessarandall/git_homework_2/.git/
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ git status
On branch master
No commits yet
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
quotes.txt
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ git add quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ git status
On branch master
No commits yet
Changes to be committed:
(use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)
new file: quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2$ git commit -m 'Initial Commit'
[master (root-commit) f5922b1] Initial Commit
1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master]$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master]$ echo "Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. -George Jung, Blow" >> quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master !]$ 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")
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master !]$ git diff quotes.txt
diff --git a/quotes.txt b/quotes.txt
index e69de29..0487917 100644
--- a/quotes.txt
+++ b/quotes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. -George Jung, Blow
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master !]$ git add quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master !]$ git status
On branch master
Changes to be committed:
(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
modified: quotes.txt
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master !]$ git commit -m 'Added favorite quote'
[master 42a76ae] Added favorite quote
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master]$ git status
On branch master
nothing to commit, working tree clean
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master]$ git log --pretty=oneline
42a76aeaa82cfff5fb379273535275aaa79426a7 (HEAD -> master) Added favorite quote
f5922b13cabee54118a6b5f749b9dbee3e830ae4 Initial Commit
vanessarandall~/git_homework_2[master]$
IMPORTANT: Do not remove this git_homework directory. You will be using this directory during Thursday's session.
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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Awesome job, @vrandall66! Everything looks correct.