Assignment for BIOL 812
Complete the three tasks below to finish your assignment (due Feb 7).
Some useful resources:
1 - Create a Github Pages website
Github Pages is a super-neat service from Github where they will host static websites (no database or server processes running in the background) for free!
Create a Github pages website somewhere on your Github account. If you don’t have a Github account, you’ll need to create one.
Hint: Creating an index.md
Markdown file in a new repository
and pushing it to Github is a great place to start.
2 - Answer the following questions somewhere on your website
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When should you use Git for a project?
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What kind of files/info should be saved in a Git repository? What types of files/info should not be included in a Git repo?
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What are the commands to undo a commit?
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One of your repositories is in a “detached HEAD” state. How do you fix this?
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Your boss has no idea what Git is or why you are using it. Explain the pros / cons of using Git for your research project. Explain the pros / cons of hosting your project in a public (or private) repository on Github/Bitbucket/Gitlab/etc.
3 - Submit a pull request
Add a link to this webpage by submitting a pull request to this repository (https://github.com/jstaf/biol812-assignment).
The links should have your name and link to your assignment site. Example:
[Jeff Stafford](https://jstaf.github.io/biol812-assignment)
Links to assignments
The links to your assignments should go below here:
- Brigitte Simmatis
- Brody Crosby
- Yihan Wu
- Lila Colston-Nepali
- Katie Birchard
- Katherine Duchesneau
- Kurtis Westbury
- Danielle Greco
- Peiwen Li
- Hannah Driver
- Alex McClymont
- Alyson Van Natto
- Leif Simmatis
- Samuel Patterson
- Collin Juurakko
- Ying Chen
- Stefanie Knebel
- Jeffrey Cederwall
- Stephanie Haddad
- Russell Turner