Get a Repository
For the examples in the Git Guide, we will use the following directory structure:
-> GitRepositories [or a directory that contains one or more of your Git repositories]
-> <course>-<section>-<project>-<repo-number> [or the name of one of your Git repositories]
-> WolfScheduler [or the name of your Eclipse project]
-> src
-> test
-> ...
-> .git [the hidden Git-related files that manage your repository]
For example, in CSC216, your Git repository names will take the structure of csc216-<section>-<project>-<repo-number>. If you’re in CSC216 section 001 and working on Guided Project 1, your repo name may be something like csc216-001-GP1-075.
For example, if you use the eGit plugin to manage your repositories, you may have a directory on your machine similar to:
C:/Users/jtking/git [a directory that contains one or more Git repositories]
-> csc216-001-GP1-01 [maps to your https://github.ncsu.edu/engr-csc216-fall2016/csc216-001-GP1-01 repository]
-> WolfScheduler [an Eclipse project containing your project code]
-> src
-> test
-> .git
-> csc216-001-GP2-01 [maps to your https://github.ncsu.edu/engr-csc216-fall2016/csc216-001-GP2-01 repository]
-> WolfPackManager [an Eclipse project containing your project code]
-> src
-> test
-> .git
-> csc216-001-L-01 [maps to your https://github.ncsu.edu/engr-csc216-fall2016/csc216-001-L-01 repository]
-> Collections [an Eclipse project containing your project code]
-> src
-> test
-> CourseManager [another Eclipse project -- repositories can contain more than one!]
-> src
-> test
-> FiniteStateMachine [another Eclipse project]
-> src
-> test
-> .git
There are two ways to get a Git project:
- Clone an existing Git repository from another server. (Since we initialize NCSU GitHub repositories for you, you will typically clone your NCSU GitHub repository at the beginning of each assignment.)
- Import an existing project/directory into Git.
Since you will only be required to clone repositories for this course, we will not discuss importing existing projects into Git.