GitHub Project Management

Learn how to use Project Boards, Issues, Labels, Milestones and Pull Request to organize group development in a single repository.

Before

You will work in small groups to get set the Group Introduction deliverable.

all together

20 min: Q/A Review
20 min: Introduction to collaborative development
40 min: Form small random groups and split up:
- Read through the Group Introduction deliverable and make sure everyone understand the project
- Generate a repository for each group in the class organization using the template-markdown repository
20 min: Q/A about the week's deliverable

75 min: In small groups, prepare for the week's deliverable:
- Set up your group's repository:
  - The Basics
    - Use the name your team decided on
    - Turn on GitHub Pages and set your live URL as the Website in your repository's About section
    - Turn on Discussions in your repository
  - Collaboration Settings
    - Add everyone in your team as a contributor with Admin access
    - Require a code review for PRs to main (owanateamachree, github docs)
      - You will need to type main or master into the Branch name pattern input box (depending on which on what your repo's default branch is named)
      - Select Dismiss stale pull request approvals when new commits are pushed
- Create your group's deliverable issue and place it on the class project board
- Set up your group repo's project board
- Make sure everyone is ready for the week
15 min: Come back together for a short check-in from each group and Q/A with the coaches

Read over the learning objectives for chapter 3
Work your way through the exercises for chapter 3 (if there are any in the folder)
Study the Suggested Study for this chapter
Complete the Group Introduction Repo deliverable