Get rosters data (link between name and handle name)

[yves-chevallier]

I love the idea of GitHub Classroom, but it is currently a bit cumbersome for me to do the assignments correction. When I use the Classroom Assistant, it syncs the repositories with some limitations:

• The destination repository is named using the student's handle name, not the real student name. Some of my student already have a GitHub account such as "Darth Vader" and it is hard for me to link both names.
• It lacks meta-data. I would love to have a local file with such content:

# Meta data related to GitHub Classroom
---
assignment:
  name: First Assignment
  date: 2019-09-12    
roster:
  darth-vader:
    name: John Doe
    commit: 948a7c4b5d6f5e4a5f6e4ca5 # Last commit before the deadline
    date: 2019-09-13T12:22:41 # Submission date

My goal is to easily get the following information to automate the assignment correction

• Link between GitHub handle and student name
• Value of the last commit

[d12]

Hey @yves-chevallier,

We have two issues open for the two pieces of information you're asking for:

https://github.com/education/classroom-assistant/issues/118 - Name folders by roster ID and not GitHub handle

https://github.com/education/classroom-assistant/issues/119 - Honor deadline when cloning repos

Would you mind dropping a comment or reaction over there? This helps us keep track of which features are most requested. We'll hopefully address these issues soon.