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SP Week 00 Assignment #1: GitHub Account

This is neither a programming nor a web course. However, assignments will be submitted to GitHub and displayed on GitHub Page.

SIGN UP (or SIGN IN)

• SIGN UP if you have no GitHub.com account.
  • More details at https://doit.vlsm.org/029.html
  • Preferably, use all lowercase characters for your GitHub account.
  • Linux accounts are case-sensitive. Fortunately, GitHub accounts are not.
  • See also cbkadal at https://github.com/cbkadal/sp241/.
    • But always REMEMBER, you are not “cbkadal”!
    • Always replace “cbkadal” with your own GitHub account.
• Else, SIGN IN at GitHub.com.

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Create a new Repository (sp241)

• More details at https://doit.vlsm.org/030.html
• Repository name, e.g.:
  • “sp241” for the year 2024-1 (even semester 2023/2024),
  • “sp242” for the year 2024-2 (odd semester 2024/2025),
  • “sp251” for the year 2025-1 (even semester 2024/2025),
  • “sp252” for the year 2025-2 (odd semester 2025/2026),
  • “sp261” for the year 2026-1 (even semester 2025/2026),
  • “sp262” for the year 2026-2 (odd semester 2026/2027),
  • etc.
  • Note: For “sp,” use lowercase. Do not use uppercase!

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Default Branch: main or master?

• More details at https://doit.vlsm.org/030.html#idx07
• The current GitHub DEFAULT Branch is “main.”
  • In the past, the default branch was “master.”
  • To be “politically correct,” GitHub has changed the default branch name from ”master” to ”main.”
  • Many past examples here have been using the “master” branch name.
  • Therefore – to be consistent – the “master” branch name will continue to be used.
  • Feel free to use either “main” or “master.” However, it would help if you did not alter your branch name once it has been chosen.
  • To change the default branch name, click “settings.”

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