lesson_3_reflections.txt

When would you want to use a remote repository rather than keeping all your 
work local?
A: When i want to share my work with a collaborator(s) or when i want to work 
from multiple machines and sync the work

Why might you want to always pull changes manually rather than having Git
automatically stay up-to-date with your remote repository?
A: Doing it manually assures that what i have is stable, so i can do the update
when i am ready, so that none of my in-progress work gets broken
   
Describe the differences between forks, clones, and branches.  When would you
use one instead of another?
A: Forks are clones that are done for me by Github so that my repo is hosted
on their server as a remote. A clone is when i get a local copy of a repo on my
local working directory. A branch is a commit of my repository with a special 
label.
Fork is when i want to have a clone of another person's repo but have GitHub do
all the heavy work for me, and also retain a reference to the other person, so
they get credit for their work. A branch allows me to work on feature/bugs on 
my own so that mainline is always stable and errors can be easily fixed while 
customers are not affected.
   
What is the benefit of having a copy of the last known state of the remote
stored locally?
A: This allows me to do a merge offline
I can update just the local copy of the remote branch
I can also use git fetch to update the local copy of the remote branch 
..so that i can use git log and git diff to see what changes were introduced on
the local and remote repositories. 
This makes it easier to do a merge. 

How would you collaborate without using Git or GitHub?  What would be easier,
and what would be harder?

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When would you want to make changes in a separate branch rather than directly in
master?  What benefits does each approach have?

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