01219245/repository setup

This is part of 01219245.

There are a few reasons why you would want to host your Git repository.

• It makes sharing codes easy. (This is the main point for our class, because I have to look over your work in the course.)
• There are additional tools that these Git hosting websites provide, e.g., issue trackers and wikis.
• You have all your development code backed up. So, you don't have to worry that your notebook's hard disk might be broken and you have nothing left.

In this course, you have to host your Git repository (that contains your code and assets) on the web. Here are two main choices for the services:

• GitHub - if you want your repository to be publicly viewable, GitHub is the famous choice.
• BitBucket - also hosts Git repositories. If you want a private repository, BitBucket has a free plan for you if you have no more than 5 collaborators.

Both services also provide GUI applications for maintaining Git repository. While we encourage the usage of Git command line, but if you want to use the GUI version provided by the services, it is OK.

Getting started

Pick the hosting service (GitHub or BitBucket) and create a repository for your project. If you create a private repository in BitBucket, don't forget to add me (jittat@gmail.com) to the project with Read permission. See figure below, for BitBucket: