[Hands-On Discussion] T2L5/hp-populate-remote (Pushing a local repo to an empty emote repo)

[damithc]

Lesson

https://nus-cs2103-ay2526s1.github.io/website/book/gitAndGithub/push/

Hands-on setup

Responses to provide when running new.sh:

Hands-on name: hp-populate-remote
Requires Git? (defaults to y)  [y/N]: y
Requires Github? (defaults to y)  [y/N]: y

1. Create a local repo, similar to [Hands-On Discussion] T2L4/hp-add-remote (Add a remote to a repo) #55
2. Create an empty repo gitmastery-things in the user's GitHub account (gh repo create --public gitmastery-things)
3. Add the empty remote repo as a remote named origin to the local repo

Instructions for students

You may continue with the sandbox used in the previous practical, or run gitmastery download hp-populate-remote to create a fresh sandbox for this practical.

Requires remote repository?

No

Additional remarks

Is it even possible to create an empty remote repo using GitHub CLI?
What to do if the user already has a remote repo with the same name? Ask user whether to reuse/reset it or create a new one with another name? e.g, things2

[woojiahao]

Yes we can create a repository through Github CLI through the gh repo create command: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_repo_create

So the command might look something like:

gh repo create --public gitmastery-<name>

I think we can deconflict the name with the gitmastery- prefix? Wdyt @damithc

[damithc]

I think we can deconflict the name with the gitmastery- prefix? Wdyt @damithc

@woojiahao Good idea. Updated as suggested.

[woojiahao]

@damithc Would you like update the setup instructions to specify the command from above? I'm good with this plan regardless, so I'll approve this

[damithc]

@damithc Would you like update the setup instructions to specify the command from above? I'm good with this plan regardless, so I'll approve this

@woojiahao I did that already. Did I miss anything?

[woojiahao]

@damithc I meant to include this: gh repo create --public gitmastery-<name>, but I think it can be picked up by reading this thread