World 1: Save Points · Boss challenge

Diary site: 5 clean commits

You will learn: to build a diary site, one clean commit at a time.

The problem

Your diary site is ready. Four real files and one junk log. Can you save it as five clean commits?

Watch

Here is the plan: one change per commit. Each message is short and starts with an action word.

Try it

Build the site in five stages. Every message must be clean. Made a mistake? Press “Start again”.

Step 1 of 5: Start the repo

Make the diary a repo. Then commit README.md.

Hint

Stuck? Run git status. It tells you what is left to save.

Check

Why did style.css and the link in index.html share one commit?

Try it

Optional: build it again on your own computer. Same plan, real Git.

Real mission

Make a folder for your site.
mkdir diary-site
Go inside it.
cd diary-site
Make it a repo.
git init
Write a README.md in your editor. Put it in the box.
git add README.md
Save it with a clean message.
git commit -m "Add README"
Make index.html, style.css and about.html. Commit each change on its own.
Hide log files. Then add and commit your .gitignore.
echo "*.log" > .gitignore
Print your history and copy it.
git log --oneline

0 of 8 steps done · Your ticks are saved.

Check

Paste your real git log --oneline below. The check runs on this page only. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Paste your git log --oneline here

You did it!

You can now build a project with small, clean commits.