Assignment 02 – GitHub Workflow Dry‑Run 🌐

Estimated time — 20‑30 minutes

In real projects you’ll fix code on your fork, push, and open a pull request (PR).
This lab is a safe sandbox to practise that loop end‑to‑end.

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🧩 Objectives

By the end you will be able to:

1. Fork a repository on GitHub.
2. Clone your fork to your computer.
3. Make a change (add a file).
4. Commit and push that change back to your fork.
5. Open a pull request so the original repo can review your work.

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🔧 Prerequisites

• Git installed and configured
• GitHub account added to our class org (check your email invite)
• Terminal (macOS/Linux) or Git Bash (Windows)

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🚦 Step‑by‑step

Screenshots count! Grab a screenshot at each 🚀 emoji and store them in a folder called screenshots/.

1 . Fork 🚀

1. Visit the GitHub link given by your instructor.
2. Click Fork → select your account.
3. Confirm you’re now at github.com/<you>/<repo‑name>.

2 . Clone 🚀

git clone https://github.com/<your‑user>/<repo‑name>.git
cd <repo‑name>

3 . Add a file 🚀

# Bash
echo "My first lab ⭐" > hello-ironboard.txt
# PowerShell alternative:
# 'My first lab ⭐' > hello-ironboard.txt

4 . Stage & Commit 🚀

git add hello-ironboard.txt
git commit -m "Add hello-ironboard.txt for Assignment 02"

Check with git status.

5 . Push 🚀

git push -u origin main    # use master if that’s the default branch

6 . Open a Pull Request 🚀

1. Go to your fork on GitHub.
2. Click Compare & pull request.
3. Title: Complete Assignment 02
4. Click Create pull request.

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📝 Reflection

Create REFLECTION.md answering:

• Which step felt least clear?
• Why do we fork instead of pushing directly to the instructors’ repo?

git add REFLECTION.md
git commit -m "Add reflection"
git push

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✅ Check before you submit

• hello-ironboard.txt present
• screenshots/ with at least four images
• REFLECTION.md added
• PR shows green checks

Paste your PR link in the LMS when done.

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💡 Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
Auth errors	Ensure you accepted the org invite; use HTTPS.
On wrong branch name	git branch -M main then push again.
Forgot a file	Add → commit → push; the PR updates automatically.

Happy Git‑ing! 🚀