rcos-status-updates

A starter repository for RCOS student status updates.

What are Status Updates?

Status Updates are informal weekly short-form blog posts detailing a student's progress in RCOS during the previous week. Please consult the RCOS Handbook for a detailed overview of background and requirements.

System Requirements

• Git

First-Time Setup

If you're a first-time RCOS student follow these steps to get started:

1. Fork this repository (rcos/rcos-status-updates) so you have your own copy.

2. Clone the your fork of this repository down to your local machine and navigate into the resulting directory:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/rcos-status-updates.git
cd rcos-status-updates

3. Copy the .new_semester template directory to store your status updates for the semester. This directory must use the year_semester naming convention, all lowercase. For example:

2018_summer
2018_fall
2019_spring

You can copy the .new_semester directory with the following command:

cp -R .new_semester 2018_summer

4. First-time setup is complete :)

Returning Student Setup

If you're a returning RCOS student follow these steps at the beginning of the semester:

1. Navigate to your local copy of this repository, for example:

cd ~/code/rcos-status-updates

Make sure that all your current changes have been saved and committed - you can check with the git status command.

2. Copy the .new_semester template directory to store your status updates for the semester. This directory must use the year_semester naming convention, all lowercase. For example:

2018_summer
2018_fall
2019_spring

You can copy the .new_semester directory with the following command:

cp -R .new_semester 2018_summer

3. Returning student setup is complete :)

Submitting Status Updates

1. Write a new status update in the directory corresponding to the current semester (i.e. summer_2018).

2. Track and commit your changes:

git add .
git commit -m 'Added status update for week 01'

3. Push your status update to the master branch of your fork:

git push origin master

4. All done :)