Welcome to the Universe

The purpose of this repository is to get familiar with Git and GitHub's concepts, and practice some basic commands. In addition, the project aims to provide a brief guided tour of the cosmos by the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business.

First of all: Send your GitHub username to Zoe (if you have not shared it already), and expect an invitation to join as a repository collaborator.

Tasks

  • Clone this repository.
  • Add interesting aspects of the cosmos to the guide.md file. (Create the file if it does not already exist.)
  • Contribute generously and in several categories.
  • In case you reuse other people's material, make sure to:
    1. rephrase the content, and
    2. add a reference to the original source.
  • Introduce new categories and organize things.
  • Feel free to add images and videos.
  • You may modify, fix, or improve existing content added by others.
  • Commit your changes.
  • Push to the GitHub repository. (If needed, pull and resolve any merge conflicts.)
  • Since you are a repository collaborator, you are not requested to follow the fork and pull request practice.

DEADLINE: 3 April 2022 23:55

Tips

  • Copy-pasting text is considered plagiarism, so make sure to rephrase any reused content.
  • Configure your editor to use a spellchecker (in case you have not already done so).
  • Include links where necessary (e.g., books, online videos, etc.).
  • Rearrange text if you think it should be organized differently—refactoring is always welcome!
  • You can include images and videos, but don't forget to commit and push them.
  • Images and videos should be placed in the media/ directory. (Create the directory if it does not already exist.)
  • Again, use references for images and videos—you cannot reuse web content without citing the original source.
  • Be creative! Take it a step further by including a file with guidelines to contributing for newcomers, a code of conduct file, a license, etc.

Grading System

  • Number and quality of contributions—the more and the higher the quality the better!
  • Each commit should include one contribution or a group of similar contributions.
  • Do not combine several diverse contributions in one commit!
  • Completeness of each contribution: one-sentence contributions are considered "bad" contributions.
  • Breaking things (e.g., merge conflicts) comes with a grade deduction.
  • But fixing others' breaks (e.g., resolving merge conflicts) has a bonus!
  • Quality of commit messages: they should be descriptive (of the change), concise, and follow best practices (e.g., by Robert Painsi or Bolaji Ayodeji).
  • Default commit messages are not welcome.
  • Missing references or rewording of reused material is not welcome.
  • Content should be in proper Markdown format—check the Markdown Cheatsheet.