---
type: battle
title: "First Repo"
xp: 200
duration: 30
difficulty: 1
---

# First Repo

> **[INCOMING — Mission Control, Earth]**
>
> Cadets, your first paired exercise. One of you will set up a fresh
> Git project; the other will verify it. Then swap.
>
> Pair up. Decide who goes first as **defender** and who goes first
> as **attacker**.
>
> [END TRANSMISSION]

## The Task

The **defender** writes a single shell script — `setup.sh` — that,
when run inside an empty workspace:

1. Initializes a fresh Git repo on branch `main`.
2. Sets `user.name` and `user.email` on the repo.
3. Creates a file called `hello-world.txt` containing exactly:
   ```
   Hello, World
   ```
4. Stages and commits it with the message `add hello-world`.

## Battle Rules

- **Defender**: writes `setup.sh` in a clean workspace. Does not show
  the file until done.
- **Attacker**: receives the script, runs it in a clean folder,
  inspects the resulting repo, and submits a review.
- **Then swap**: roles flip; the new defender writes their own
  `setup.sh` (no copy-pasting).
- Both pass the battle if both scripts pass review.

## Tools

`git init`, `git config`, `echo`, `>`, `git add`, `git commit -m`.