Yelpington: Git Repo

In this project, you will pair up and work with other teams to create an online directory of restaurants in Burlington.

For this project we will not use a database, or a webapp, or even a programming language. Our entire directory will be inside a single GitHub repository, with each restaurant represented by a single file in JSON format.

Tech

Git
Github
JSON

Usage

We all eat lunch every day. This app can realistically help each of us find a place to eat downtown. This is not a toy problem. :-)

Goals

use JSON
learn about Git and GitHub workflow
submit Pull Requests
review Pull Requests
merge other teammates' work into yours

Design

Every restaurant is represented by one file in the top level of the repository.
The file name will be in kabob-case: all lowercase letters, no spaces or symbols, hyphens between words.
The file extension will be .json
The contents of the file must contain the name, address, hours, and meal recommendations

Example: Let's say there's a restaurant called "Joe's Diner" on King Street. At the top level of the repository will be a file named joes-diner.json, containing:

Joes's Diner

{
    "id": "joes-diner",
    "name": "Joe's Diner",
    "address": "123 King St. (at St. Paul)",
    "phone": "(802) 867-5309",
    "hours": "7:00 am - 3:00 pm",
    "notes": [
        "Their sriracha breakfast sandwich is quite good.",
        "Every Thursday is meatloaf day."
    ]
}

We will also need a file named all.json which contains a list of all the ids, e.g.:

[
    "joes-diner",
    "burger-queen",
    "pizza-shack"
]

Steps

Choose a pair partner to work with.
visit the main Yelpington repo. https://github.com/BurlingtonCodeAcademy/yelpington
fork the repo (click the word "Fork" in the button in the top left).
clone your repo locally by clicking the green "Clone" button and then using the git: URL (not the https: URL). If you can't see the git: URL then look for and click the 'use SSH' link. Use git clone git@XXXX (where XXX is the rest of the git URL you just copied).

connect your local repo to the main repo like this:

$ git remote add upstream https://github.com/BurlingtonCodeAcademy/yelpington.git

Think of a restaurant. Do not coordinate with other students (one of the goals of this lesson is to experience conflicts).
Create a local branch named after that restaurant. For example:
```
$ git checkout -b joes-diner
```
Create the menu file (joes-diner.json) including its name and address but not its hours.
Add a line to all.json with the new restaurant's id.
Run the sanity checker with:
```
$ npm run test
```

When you're satisfied, add it to git:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'Commit message here'

Push your local branch to GitHub using:
```
$ git push origin joes-diner
```
Using a web browser, visit GitHub and create a Pull Request (PR).
In the description of the PR, put the names of both pair partners.
Submit the PR.
Ask another pair to review your PR, and raise your hand to signal that you are free to review someone else's PR.
- Visit https://github.com/BurlingtonCodeAcademy/yelpington/pulls to find PRs to review.
Once the reviews are done, go back to your command line or GitHub GUI and switch back to your local master branch with:
```
$ git checkout master
```
Pull the latest changes -- you want to see several pairs' entries, including your own -- using:
```
$ git pull upstream master  
```
Choose someone else's restaurant and find out their hours. Maybe they have a web site; maybe you need to call them and ask. Make a change to that restaurant file with the new information.
Make a new branch (e.g. joes-diner-hours) and submit a new PR, repeating the steps above and asking another pair to review your changes.

Merge Conflicts

If there are merge conflicts, resolve them. This is a manual process and can be frustrating and confusing. The basic rule is that if there is a conflict, you need to look for lines like this:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
foo
----------------
bar
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

and then manually edit the files until all the chevrons and dashes are gone, and what's left is correct. In this example, you might choose foo or bar, or foobar, or bar + foo, or something altogether different. Then git add the corrected file and follow the instructions on the console to finish the merge.

As a more realistic example of a conflict:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
"hours": "M-F open at 9, closed weekends"
----------------
"hours": "9:00 am to 5:00 pm"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This example shows why git cannot automatically resolve intra-line conflicts. As a human, you are the only one capable of making this sort of semantic choice. You must decide whether this file would be better off with one or the other or a creative combination of both changes, and you should communicate with other humans about this decision, in the GitHub discussion thread or face-to-face.

Secret Sneaky Teacher Step

If a student team is not getting merge conflicts, force one: after a PR is created, go into the main repo and commit a change to that file.

Icebox

make it a web app and/or API
make a slack plugin

References

book: https://book.git-scm.com/book/en/v2

tutorial: http://gitimmersion.com :

most important chapters are 1-10, 20, and 24-30 (but they depend on each other, so don’t skip the intermediate chapters, just don’t worry too much if you don’t fully understand them)