Problems with Gitpod for the Dana Analysis Curriculum

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Hi,
I’m trying to complete the excerices to achieve the Data Analysis certificate, but I have a lot of problems with GitPod.

  1. The first one is that after I finished a problem - and the code worked - I copied the url on the freecodecamp page, but few hours later the link isn’t there. The project on GitPod is pinned - I’ve read the guide that suggested to do so - so I don’t know where the problem is.

  2. The second problem is that I tried to push changes on GitPod and I thought that they were connected to my GitHub page (I’ve granted all access on GitHub), but it doesn’t work. Anyone knows how can I move the GitPod “repository” in a defined repository on GitHub? (not a new one as the guide suggests, but an already filled one)

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Welcome there,

I am not sure what you mean by this. Would you mind elaborating?

This is just how Git works. So, when you open a Gitpod workspace, it takes the repository as the current origin, and, if there is a parent of the fork repository, it makes that the upstream.

If you open the workspace on a repo you do not want your work to go to, you need to point Git where you do want it by adding a remote:

git remote add <name> <url>
# Example
git remote add my-repo https://github.com/StillaMaris/repo-name.git

Then, you can push your changes with:

git push <remote_name> <branch_name>
# Example
git push my-repo master

Hope this helps

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Thank you for the second part!
I try to elaborate the first problem better :slight_smile:

Once I finished the challenge on GitPod I copy the web url and copy it on the freecodecamp page for the challenge and submit. However, differently from what happend with Replit, if I go back to a challenge that I’ve completed the url attached disappear and it ask me to redo the challenge

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The URLs for non-certification project submissions are NOT stored anywhere. So, that is to be expected.

You do not have to redo a challenge if you already submitted it.

For the Data Analysis certification projects, you are expected to submit a link to your CODE - not to the Gitpod instance. So, you need to upload your code somewhere public, and link to it.