Setting Up Our Repo For GitHub Issues.mp4

Setting Up Our Repo For GitHub Issues

Your AFK agent needs a GitHub repository with issues enabled to work as your backlog. The challenge is that you're sharing the course repo with other students, so you can't push issues there.

The solution is to create a fork of the course repository on your local machine, then push it to a new private GitHub repository just for your agent exercises.

Diagram showing the process of forking the course repository

Steps To Complete

Create A Local Copy

[ ] Navigate to the parent directory of your cloned course repo

Use cd .. to go up one level from wherever you cloned the course repository.

[ ] Copy the entire course repository to a new directory

Copy the repo with a new name using cp -r:

cp -r cohort-004-project cohort-004-project-fork

This creates a complete copy including all git history and node_modules.

[ ] Open the fork directory

Navigate into your new directory:

cd cohort-004-project-fork

Disconnect From The Original Repo

[ ] Remove the original git configuration

Delete the .git directory to disconnect from the original repository:

rm -rf .git