1. Project management

What is Git?

Git is a distributed version control system used to track changes in files and collaborate on software projects. It allows developers to manage code versions, work on branches, and merge changes seamlessly.

Key features of Git include:

Version control: Keeps track of changes to files and code.

Branching and merging: Supports experimentation without affecting the main codebase.

Collaboration: Allows multiple developers to work on the same project.

Distributed model: Developers can work offline and sync changes later.

Setting up Git

I firstly created an account on Git then have access to the projects.
This is where all your projects will be saved.

Clone a Repository

To clone a repository:

I first installed Git application on my Windows computer
Get the repository URL:
Go to your Git hosting service and navigate to the repository.
Clone the repositore using SSH.
Navigate to the repository, then edit profile

Then create SSH key that will be used for authentication. GO to SSH key on the left menu, the go to add ssh key.

Generate ssh key using this command; "ssh-keygen ". Paste the ssh key gernerated using git application.

Open Git application and navigate to the directory you want to same local repository.
Clone the repository: In your terminal, run:

git clone git@gitlab.fabcloud.org:academany/fabacademy/2025/labs/rwanda/students/molemohi-kapari.git

You will find the project clone under the same location where you cloned it.

How I made the website

The was a sample page for the website in my project where I editted everything to reache my desired design.
I used Visual Studio Code to create some pages locally, and web IDE to work on the project online.
I also used Git IDE to edit and upload some pages for local to the remote Git repositore. This allowes editting and upload of file like images.
I used html for presentation of content in all pages.
CSS is used to style and design the presentation of content.
Javascript is used to expand and compress the information in the links to weekly assignments.

After doing any modification to the project using IDE, I do commit and push to update the remote repository.

Challenges

I managed to create SSH Key for cloning remote repository and copied it to the Git profile, however, it denied access when cloning using SSH.
The main usue is that local repository can not connect ot remote repository.
I tried to add username and email on the terminal usig these commands ($ git config user.name [your-name], $ git config user.email [your.email@domain.com]), it did not go through.

Solution.
I uninstalled the git application then reinstalled agin on the computer. After that it went well then managed to clone using ssh.