Git and Github Classroom

In this course, we will be using the industry-standard version control system Git, combined with source code repositories hosted on Github.com for programming assignments.

Getting started

The default course image has git and the Github GUI installed. If you are using your own Linux install, ensure that you do the same.

1. Sign up for a Github account and make sure you associate your Rhodes email with the account (you can have multiple emails associated with an account, so if you have an existing account, that’s fine). Make sure that you sign up for an educational discount); this gives you a whole bunch of free stuff.
2. If you have not used Git before, please read Git Book Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6.1, 6.2.