Covered Today

• Apr 2

  • How to fork and clone a GitHub repository
  • Shell scripts - what they are and how to use them
  • How to rename a GitHub repository and update your clone after that
  • How to update GitHub project pages (aka publish) using the prepared shell script
  • Markdown - what is it and how to use it
  • Installing gitbook (also installing dependencies via the terminal)
  • What are GitHub pages and how to use it to publish a project

• Apr 3

  • Learned deeper about Git (branching and merging)
  • Discuss differences between source and runtime code

Done Today

• April 2

  • Set up Study Journal repository
  • Organized notes summary (menu)
  • Created and published first notes

• April 3

  • reorganized my study journal
  • some exercises on https://learngitbranching.js.org/

General Notes by Concepts

Shell Script

• shell script files have extension .sh
• the underlying operating system (e.g. ubuntu) is responsible for fetching and executing the script in the command like

Left Unfinished

• change GitHub username
• understand difference between merging and rebasing in Git

References

• webapp to make diagrams which can be directly imported into GitHub (and served/shown into your Git pages) schetchboard.io