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+# GitHub practice from the browser
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+Working on GitHub.com, we contribute changes through **commits**. You'll practice creating several commits by making small edits to a file, writing commit messages, and committing changes to see them posted nicely online to communicate our work. You'll practice with the file with your name on it; everyone has their own file to practice with. 
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+## Task 1: Commit an edit from the browser
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+Let's edit this file by clicking the pencil icon at the top-right of the file. 
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+Next, make and edit to the text in this file. One idea is to fix this tpyo. 
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+Finally, we will commit these edits to GitHub. To do this, scroll down to the bottom of this webpage to where it says "Commit Changes". Committing changes has two steps: write a human-readable commit message, and press the green button to commit changes. 
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+Note: In the browser, GitHub will suggest "Update file.md" as the commit message. But you can be more descriptive - practice writing commit messages that help you remember detail about what you changed.
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+## Task 2: Practice Markdown 
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+Now let's practice Markdown and commit another edit to this file. 
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+This file is written in Markdown, which formats text on the web. For example, with Markdown:
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+We can make words **bold** or *italic*.
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+### We can make headers.
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+We can make lists – *note that lists need a carriage return before list items!*
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+1. bananas
+2. tamales
+3. cakes
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+[Markdown](https://quarto.org/docs/authoring/markdown-basics.html) can also make hyperlinks using the `[]()` pattern: you put words to hyperlink in `[]` and the URL in `()`. For example:
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+> [This twitter thread](https://twitter.com/allison_horst/status/1287772985630191617) describes the palmerpenguins R package. 
+Learn more on the [palmerpenguins webpage](https://allisonhorst.github.io/palmerpenguins).
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+*Note that we've also made a indented quote block with the `>` symbol*
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+We can include an image with the same `[]()` pattern, but note the preceding exclamation point: `![]()`. For example: 
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+![](../horst-champions-trailhead.png)
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+*Note that this image lives in the folder one level above our `github-clinic` folder, and we indicate that with the two periods `..`* 
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+Your turn! Change or add something in Markdown and make another commit: write a human-readable commit message, and press the green button to commit changes.