Git

Setup

git init                        # initialize a repo
git add file.c                  # stage a specific file
git add .                       # stage everything
git commit -m "feat: implement sequential execution"
git log --oneline               # check history

git remote add origin <repo-url>
git push -u origin main

Commit as you go

Commit whenever you finish a meaningful chunk, not just once at the end. We will look at your timestamps, and a bunch of random commits right before the deadline may result in you being penalized.

Commit when you:

• get a feature working
• fix a bug
• finish a part of the spec

git commit -m "feat: add pipe support between commands"
git commit -m "fix: handle empty input in tokenizer"

Before you submit

git status                      # anything uncommitted?
git log --oneline               # does history make sense?
git push                        # is it actually on the remote?

Open your repo on GitHub and confirm the files are there. Local commits don’t count as submitted.

Avoid

• committing only at the end
• force pushing to rewrite history (we will know)
• committing build files or binaries (use .gitignore)
• forgetting to push (no excuses)

More resources

• Git Handbook
• Pro Git (free, you don’t have to pay)
• Conventional Commits Cheatsheet