Extra Practice

Section 2.9 Extra Practice

There are literally millions of FOSS projects with repositories on GitHub that you can fork and clone and contribute to. The exercises in this section will provide you with a little extra practice forking and cloning repositories.

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Choose one of the projects in Table 2.9.1 or search GitHub

github.com

for one that sounds interesting to you and then complete the exercises below.

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Table 2.9.1. Some FOSS Projects that can be used for extra practice with forking and cloning repositories.

Project	Community Mission
OpenMRS ² `github.com/openmrs/openmrs-distro-referenceapplication`	Aims to "Improve healthcare delivery in resource-constrained environments by coordinating a global community that creates and sustains a robust, scalable, user-driven and open-source medical record platform." 🔗
Fineract ³ `github.com/apache/fineract`	Aims to provide "a reliable, robust, and affordable core banking solution for financial institutions offering services to the world’s 3 billion underbanked and unbanked." 🔗
Sahana Eden ⁴ `github.com/sahana/eden`	Aims to provide an "Open Source Humanitarian Platform which can be used to provide solutions for Disaster Management, Development, and Environmental Management sectors." 🔗
Oppia ⁵ `github.com/oppia/oppia`	Aims to provide "A free, online learning platform to make quality education accessible for all." 🔗

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Exercises

1.

Fork the repository for the project into your GitHub space. Give the full URL of your fork.

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Hint.

Make sure you are giving the URL for your fork, not the project’s upstream URL. Review Section 2.6 for information on how to fork a repository on GitHub.

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2.

Pick and order the commands to change to your home directory, clone your fork of the project you chose and check its remotes.

cd ~
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git clone <URL>
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cd <dir>
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git remote -v
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ls #distractor
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git config #distractor
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copy <URL> #distractor

Hint.

Review Section 2.8 for information about how to clone your origin repository.

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3.

In your terminal enter the commands from Exercise 2.9.2.

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Which of the following do you see in the output of the git remote -v command?

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origin followed by the URL that you entered in Exercise 2.9.1
origin followed by the URL in Table 2.9.1
upstream followed by the URL in Table 2.9.1
upstream followed by the URL that you entered in Exercise 2.9.1
fork followed by the URL in Table 2.9.1
fork followed by the URL that you entered in Exercise 2.9.1

Hint.

The origin URL should be the one from your git clone command.

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