Adding practice for p3

Author: nmagee

docs/basics.md

@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ Practice the above skills by doing the following:
 
 1. In a local git repository that has a GitHub remote, add a new file with some content in it.
 2. `git add` that file to the repository.
-3. Edit the file some more.
+3. Edit the file some more, and add a second file with more content.
 4. Use `git status` to view the state of your repo.
 5. `git add .` your new changes again.
-6. `git commit` the added file and `git push` it to GitHub.
+6. `git commit` the added/changed files and `git push` it to GitHub.
 7. Using the GitHub web interface, add another file to your repository.
 8. Use `git pull` to pull down changes in the repository.
-9. Use `git log` to view all commit activity in the repo.
+9.  Use `git log` to view all commit activity in the repo.

docs/forks-branches.md

@@ -251,4 +251,20 @@ git checkout dev
 git checkout main -- settings.yaml
 git add settings.yaml
 git commit -m "Fetched in the settings file"
-```
+```
+
+## Practice
+
+Practice the above skills by doing the following:
+
+1. Working in a GitHub repository you have cloned to your local machine, create a new branch in the repo.
+2. Switch to that branch.
+3. Make some changes/additions to the branch and `add`/`commit` those changes.
+4. Push the new branch to GitHub and verify that you can see it in the GitHub web interface.
+5. Switch back to the `main` branch of your repo, locally. Delete the extra branch you created.
+6. Delete the extra branch within the GitHub web UI.
+7. BONUS: Fork another project that you do not own. This could be a repo for a Python package, platform, or tool that you work with.
+8. Clone your fork to your local workstation.
+9. Explore the code to understand some of its structure. 
+10. Create a new branch within your fork.
+11. Make some changes/additions, then `git add` and `git commit` those changes. Push your branch back to your fork in GitHub.