Public or Private

[hpssjellis]

I have done a ton of github repositories for computer programming but had never even thought about using it for other educational uses. I learn by doing, soooo. I set up a repository at

https://github.com/hpssjellis/github-in-classrooms-public-or-private

which is a starting shell for a discussion about the pros and cons for private or public use of github repositories.

Please fork the repository, make your changes, fix spelling mistakes, add you ideas and then make a pull request. Also add comments about other ways to do discussons

[eduOS]

I want to know how one student could open the repo that he/she has forked from a private organization repo at a certain time point. I am kind of curious about what the guy could do after forking a private repo, I mean what all the rights are.

[afeld]

@hpssjellis Have you seen the classroom guide? Seems like there's a lot of overlap, and would be a good place to add any missing information. I don't think it can be as concise as "a real pain to setup", but you can submit a pull request :wink:

[afeld]

@eduOS Forks retain the visibility setting (public vs. private) of the original repo, but (I believe) they otherwise have admin-level control of the fork.