Using VSCode with Git and SSH to Complete/Submit a programming Assignment

Before starting, you should have completed the VScode Setup Guide with SSH. This guide assume you have VScode and SSH capabilities installed, as well as the VSCode extension Remote Development Extension.

Accept the GitHub classroom assignment and follow the link to the repository. For example, if you are working on Lab 1, after accepting the assignment, you’ll have a new repository named lab-1-username where username is your GitHub username. The assignments can all be found on the schedule page.
Copy the repository link by clicking the Code button and then the SSH label, followed by the copy/paste button. You should have already set up an ssh key by following this guide.
In a VSCode window where you have connected remotely to a Linux machine, cs01-cs06 (refer to this guide). Click the Source Control icon on the left hand side. Then click the Clone Repository button.
Paste the repository link that you copied in step 2 in the command pallet.
Choose a folder where you want to clone the repository. Save it wherever you want, but I like to create a folder called Repos or cs240 to save my projects.
Go ahead and open the repo in this window by selecting Open
Click Yes, I trust the authors to continue.
Once complete, you’ll have your workspace ready to go.
Do your work. Save your changes. And once done, you need to commit your work. Start by clicking on the Source Control symbol on the left.
Add the modified files (or new files) to be staged for commit by pressing the + next to the files you want to add.
The files are now staged.
Type a message in the text area above the Commit button. Click the ✓Commit button to perform the commit.
Finally, push your changes to GitHub by clicking the ... button, followed by selecting Push from the dropdown menu.
Alternatively, you could click the Sync button, which will both push your changes, and pull down any changes to the repository that exist on GitHub.
Finally, finally, you should go back to GitHub as a final check to make sure you pushed all your changes.

Using the git command line in the integrated terminal

You can also use the command line to do the git commands.

git add file.txt        #add a file to the commit
git commit -m "message" #perform the commit with the commit message
git push                #push the commit to GitHub 

If you want to add all the files that have been modified and commit all at once, use the following

git commit -a -m "message"

Asking you to set up your git profile?

If you’re getting a error saying you need to setup your name and email, then open the integrated terminal on your remotely connected (cs01 - cs06) VSCode window. Then follow the steps below.

You only need to do this once

In the terminal run the following commands
```
git config --global user.name "JohnDoe23"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com
git config --global pull.rebase false
```
- Where JohnDoe23 is replaced with your GitHub username and johndoe@example.com is replaced with the email address you used to sign up to GitHub
To verify your settings run the following command.
```
git config --list
```
Done.