heidimhurst / profhurst_phys240_sp23

Class repo for Spring 2023 PHYS 240

Overview

This repository is for Professor Hurst's PHYS 240 class Spring 2023. Follow the instructions here to get started with the class repository.

Forking the Repo

1. In the upper-right hand corner, find the ‘Fork’ button. Click Fork > Create a new fork. You should fork the main branch of the repo.
2. Navigate back to your home profile and verify that you see the new repository ProfHurst_PHYS240_Sp23 in your list of repositories.

Submitting Assignments

IMPORTANT: In order to avoid overwriting your classmates assignments when merging pull requests, it is crucial that each file has a unique filename. In this class, please use EXACTLY the following naming convention on files you submit to the class repo: ‘LastName_FirstName_AssignmentName.py’

1. Open your copy of the class repo on GitHub.com. Using the headers on the top left, navigate to the ‘Pull Requests’ page. Click the green button to open a new pull request.
2. Click the ‘compare across forks’ link to compare your repo to the forked repo. Now you will set up a PR to the student-submissions branch. Choose the drop down options that correspond to a submission from your repo (head repository) to base: student_submissions on my repo (hhurst/ProfHurst_PHYS240_Sp23). If you have multiple branches in your repository, choose the one with your final submission on it.
3. Click ‘Create Pull Request’. A screen will come up with an option to write a note and preview the PR. Leave a brief comment like ‘Homework 1 submission’. Click ‘Create Pull Request’ again.
4. Your PR is now complete! You can continue to write comments or add commits to it until it is closed. I will close all open class PRs for a particular assignment the day after the homework assignment is due. Your assignment is considered late if the PR was not initiated prior to the assignment deadline.

Updating a Fork

1. Navigate to the main branch of your copy of the class repository. If you are behind the upstream main branch (mine), you will see a note that says ‘This branch is XXX commits behind hhurst:main’.

2. Click ‘Sync Fork > Update Branch’ to update your branch to include commits from the upstream repository.

3. That’s it!