eeshankumar / sea-w25-uge

Seattle W25 Unix & Git for Everyone

Unix & Git for Everyone

Pre-work

1. Ensure your laptop up to the task of coding

• Is virus and malware free
• Uses the latest, stable, updated version of its operating system
• Has a functioning screen, keyboard, and trackpad
• Has plenty of free hard drive space and memory
• Can reliably connect to wireless networks

2. Complete the "Console Foundations" and the "Git Basics" online courses

• http://teamtreehouse.com/library/console-foundations-2
• http://teamtreehouse.com/library/git-basics

TIP: Treehouse offers a free 14-day trial which you can suspend after completing their courses.

3. Complete the setup guide for your computer's operating system

• Mac OS X
• Ubuntu
• Windows

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Assignment

At the workshop, you'll learn all the skills necessary to complete this assignment. It's due before the start of your follow-up Code Fellows course.

Demonstrate the following skills using only your Terminal, your text editor, and your web browser.

1. Create a fork of this repository

2. Clone the fork to your computer

3. Create a new branch called notes

4. Checkout the branch notes

5. Create a directory with the same name as your GitHub username

For example, ryansobol/

6. Create a unix_notes.txt file in this directory

For example, ryansobol/unix_notes.txt

7. Add the notes about what you've learned about Unix to this file

For example,

cd <path> Changes the working directory to <path>
ls <path> Lists the directory content of <path>
...

8. Create a git_notes.txt file in this directory

For example, ryansobol/git_notes.txt

9. Add the notes about what you've learned about Git to this file

For example,

git add <file> Adds any changes inside <file> to the staging area
git commit -m '<message>' Commits the staging area to the repository with a <message>
...

10. Add these untracked files to the staging area

11. Commit the changes

12. Push the branch to the origin remote on GitHub

13. Send a pull request from this branch to Code Fellows' master branch