6.1 Practical

Forking repositories and collaborating

In this practical, we’re going to fork and collaborate on a repository together!

1. Fork this repository, accept the defaults.
2. You’ll see a spooky halloween story in the README.md file (copied below).
   • Let’s start contributing to the story!
   • Make changes in your fork and contribute back to the main.

🎃 The Haunted Lab Mad Libs 🧪

Fill in the blanks and discover what happens when science meets the supernatural!

It was a [adjective] October night when Dr. [last name] was working late in their [adjective] laboratory. They had been studying [plural noun] for [number] months, hoping to make a [adjective] breakthrough.

As they [past tense verb] through their research notes, something [adjective] caught their eye. A petri dish containing [gross substance] was [verb ending in -ing] three feet above the lab bench!

“This is [exclamation]!” they whispered, adjusting their [plural noun] nervously. The dish began to [verb] in a [adjective] pattern, glowing with a [color] light.

Suddenly, a [adjective] voice echoed through the lab: “Your research on [scientific term] has awakened us! We are the spirits of [number] researchers who died from [silly cause of death]!”

Dr. [same last name] grabbed their [lab equipment] and [past tense verb] toward the exit, but the ghostly petri dish [past tense verb] them, leaving behind only the smell of [weird smell] and a mysterious [color] residue.

The next morning, their lab mates found only a [adjective] note that read: “Gone to study [spooky subject] with the ghost researchers. Back by [day of week]… maybe.”

🧬 Happy Halloween from the haunted lab! 👻