FOSS Wing Selection Tasks

Welcome to the selection tasks for the FOSS Wing of our technical society, Gravity.

These tasks are designed to test your debugging skills, Git knowledge, and creativity. Please read carefully and follow the instructions.

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General Instructions

1. Repository Setup: Make a private repository on GitHub/GitLab, and immediately add these IDs as collaborators to grant access:

   • darkknight0125
   • manikchadgal
   • Snehalgupta-07

2. Initial Commit: Commit all the initial files and instructions into your repository, and name that commit as "Initial commit".

3. Commit Frequency: Make commits regularly with meaningful commit messages.

4. Answer Files: Where required, add answers/outputs in a new file.

5. Academic Integrity: Plagiarism will be heavily penalized. All code and written work must be your own.

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Tasks and Scoring

1. Debug the Code (15 Points)

We will provide you some small buggy code snippets.

• Fix the codes so it runs correctly.
• Add the correct output in a new file named task1_output.txt.
• Commit the fixed code along with output file.

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2. Git Merge Conflict (20 Points)

We will provide a file story.txt with some blanks.

Your task:

1. Create a new branch for this task.
2. Fill in the blanks with a sensible continuation of the story.
3. Merge the new branch into your current working branch.
4. Resolve any merge conflicts properly, ensuring both contributions are maintained.

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3. Find First Commit Hash (10 Points)

Use git log to find the hash of the very first commit in this repository.

• Write the full 40-character commit hash in a new file named first_commit.txt.
• Commit this file.

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4. Commit Removal (25 Points)

1. Create a new branch named history-cleanup.
2. Make a commit adding something.
3. Make 3 more commits on top of it.

Now:

• Remove the first commit while keeping the later changes intact.
• Bonus (20 extra points): Ensure the original commit is completely removed from all branch history.
• Add screenshots of earlier commit history and cleaned up commit history for bonus points and explain the approach used.

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Additional Task (Creative Points, out of maximum 10)

Create a personal README.md in your branch (separate from this main README) with the following sections:

1. A short introduction about yourself.
2. Your hobbies.
3. Tech stacks you’ve explored till now.
4. Your strengths.

Bonus points: Add an appropriate meme at the end.

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Submission

1. Ensure all tasks are committed to your working branch (e.g., main or a feature branch).
2. Push your branch to your remote private repository.
3. Verify that the collaborators (darkknight0125, manikchadgal, Snehalgupta-07) have access to view and pull your repository.

Total Available Points: 90 (Tasks) + 10 (Additional Task) = 100 Points.

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That’s it! Good luck, and happy hacking!