🔵 Take Ownership

Make the example project yours for experimentation.

WHY?

We typically begin working projects with a similar project.

Use the working example to create an independent project with:

your own Git history,
your own GitHub repository,
your name as the project author,
your own project description,
your own repository and documentation links.

The original example remains available as a textbook and reference. Your new repository becomes the custom project to modify and submit.

Goal

Disconnect the local project from the example Git repository, update the project identity, and publish it as a new repository in your own GitHub account.

Steps

Part 1. In GitHub (via web browser)

Part 2. In VS Code Terminal:

In VS Code, with the example project open,

Verification

All commands below are intended to be run in a VS Code terminal open in the root project folder.

I can open the new repository in my GitHub account.
I can verify that my local project is connected to my repository:
```
git remote -v
```

Both the fetch and push URLs point to my GitHub repository.

I can verify that the project has its own Git history:
```
git log --oneline
```

The history begins with the commits for my new project, not the original example history.

I can verify that the project identity has been updated:
my name appears as the project author where required
the project description describes my project
repository URLs point to my repository
documentation URLs point to my project
I can run the project successfully using the command in the README.
I can run the standard project checks successfully.
I can verify that all changes are committed and pushed:
```
git status
```

The working tree is clean and the branch is up to date.

I can see my latest commits in my GitHub repository.

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