codex-lv2-may-2025

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🧪 Level 4: Git Setup

What You’ll Do

Initialize version control and push your project to GitHub.

Instructions

Initialize a git repository (git init)
Add all files to git (git add .)
Create your first commit with a meaningful message like chore: initial project setup
Push to GitHub (if you have a remote repository set up)

✅ Check

Open your terminal/command prompt in your project folder
Run git status - you should see “On branch main” and “nothing to commit, working tree clean”
Run git log --oneline - you should see your commit message like “chore: initial project setup”
IMPORTANT: Check that secret-variables.js is NOT on GitHub:
- Go to your GitHub repository in a web browser
- Look through the files - you should NOT see secret-variables.js listed
- If you see it, check your .gitignore file includes secret-variables.js
If you see any errors, make sure you’re in the correct folder and try the git commands again

🔍 Exploration: Commit Message Prefixes

You might be wondering why we use prefixes like chore: or feature: at the start of commit messages. These are part of a convention called Conventional Commits that helps organize and categorize your changes:

chore: - For maintenance tasks, setup, or non-functional changes (like adding files, updating dependencies, or initial project setup)
feature: - For new functionality or features you’re adding to your project
fix: - For bug fixes or corrections
docs: - For documentation changes
style: - For formatting, styling, or code style changes
refactor: - For code restructuring without changing functionality

Using these prefixes makes it easier to:

Quickly understand what type of change each commit represents
Generate changelogs automatically
Filter commits by type when reviewing project history
Follow consistent practices in professional development

In this level, we use chore: because we’re doing initial project setup - creating the foundation without adding new features yet.

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