An example of the link in line 76 would be great, esp for practicing without a partner

[ZixiaoS]

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[ZixiaoS]

line 76 is available here: https://github.com/LibraryCarpentry/lc-git/edit/gh-pages/_episodes/05-github-pages.md
line 76: Go to https://github.com/some-librarian/hello-world, where "some-librarian" is the username of your exercise partner.

[emcaulay]

Thank you @ZixiaoS ! That's a good recommendation. I might make a repository to serve as a "partner for anyone." However, I won't be able to respond very promptly to collaboration on that repository. I might ask for some of my Library Carpentry colleagues to brainstorm with me.

[ndporter]

@emcaulay One thing I have done in the past is create my own hello-world and have everyone try to contribute to that (rather than having people partner up). The downsides are it's more work for the instructor and you end up with conflicts. The upsides are that resolving conflicts is useful in itself and you as the instructor (or your helper) can reduce the number of things that can go wrong (because you can address the collaboration requests, etc.

I think the "partner for anyone" repository problems with approving PRs or collaborator requests probably make it impractical, and my approach isn't going to work for everyone. One option might be to include an instructor note in the lesson as an optional variant. Another might be to demonstrate onscreen using the instructor and a helper's accounts. A third might be to have a brief video or something that shows the workflow.

[quist00]

Thank you @ZixiaoS ! That's a good recommendation. I might make a repository to serve as a "partner for anyone." However, I won't be able to respond very promptly to collaboration on that repository. I might ask for some of my Library Carpentry colleagues to brainstorm with me.

I wonder if there is a way we can combine some of my work on this command line utility (https://github.com/quist00/carpentriesGitClassRepoWrangler) with github back end automation to both have a better workshop experience but also self service attempts with minimal babysitting/maintenance.