= Starter Upper

Starter Upper automates set up of git and hosting services so that students and faculty may use http://db.grinnell.edu/sigcse/sigcse2013/Program/viewAcceptedProposal.pdf?sessionType=paper&sessionNumber=257[git on the cloud in the classroom]. It configures everyone's full name, email, and SSH keys for git and project hosts, assists in setting up project hosting accounts, and creates a private repository shared only with the instructor. For instructors, Starter Upper collects the class roster to fetch student work.

== Step 1. Install Git Download and install git for your platform.

[cols="1a,2a"] |=== |Download |Installation Notes

|https://git-scm.com/download/win[Git for Windows] |Stick with the default options and click Next until finished.

|http://git-scm.com/download/mac[Git for Mac OS X] |Got an error? Try:

• Apple menu -> System Preferences... -> Security & Privacy -> Open Anyway.
• Otherwise, try: Command Space (Spotlight Search) -> Terminal and type git and follow instructions to install git.

|http://git-scm.com/download/linux[Git for Linux] |Use sudo with your package manager.

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== Step 2. Faculty instructions

. Copy/paste this command into Git Bash or Terminal to clone this repository: +

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lawrancej/starterupper/master/main.sh | bash

. Copy main.sh into your course repository . Change as necessary for your course

== Step 3. Student instructions

Students will copy/paste a command similar to this into Git Bash or Terminal (substitute YOUR-NAME-HERE and COURSE-REPOSITORY as appropriate for students):

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YOUR-NAME-HERE/COURSE-REPOSITORY/master/main.sh | bash

== References

• https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitHosting[Git hosts]