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Asked: 2026-06-08T11:39:37+00:00

I was fortunate enough to obtain a free micro-plan Github account to use for

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I was fortunate enough to obtain a free micro-plan Github account to use for my schoolwork through Github’s EDU program. However, I am not sure how best to structure this for my CS classes. Ideally, I would have a different repository for each class — CS101, CS102, etc. However, the micro-plan only allows up to 5 repositories, and I will be taking more than 5 classes within the next year or two. So, is there a way to structure one repository to keep commits ‘separate’ for each folder, i.e. have one repository with multiple ‘sub’-repositories (basically a submodule).

Any advice is appreciated.

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    Branching

    For each class, run within the repository git checkout --orphan <classname>, and you can get a new parentless branch for that class’s content.

    When getting local copies of your repository, run git clone --single-branch --branch <classname> <url> <localdir>, and it will only clone and later fetch that class’s branch.

    Bitbucket

    As trauzti said, I would definitely recommend a Bitbucket account. While the UI isn’t as pretty as Github’s, it has all the same functionality, and they do allow free unlimited private repositories. I use it for my schoolwork. If you really want to use Github though, then the above would work.

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