What if I told you that the world you are experiencing is just a veil put on your eyes to blind you?
You are The One but at one point I had to wipe your memory to protect you. Now we need you but we need you awake and conscious of your true self. Before erasing your memory you prepared this repository that contains the essence of your true identity.
As you gradually advance through the levels of this riddle you will unlock your knowledge of git this will help you awake.
You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.
Welcome to Git-Awakening! Inspired by Notpron, Git-Awakening is a puzzle game in a Git repository; it uses the whole repository, not just the files within it.
The first few levels will be playable through GitHub, but you will need a local copy of the repo to manipulate for the rest. Obtaining a local copy is the first task of Level 0.
To make use of that local copy, you will also need to install Git.
Knowledge of how to use Git is not required; you can learn as you go.
Git-Awakening proceeds in levels. Each level has an associated level code, and your goal for each level is to find the code for the next level.
The starting point for each level is the branch game/xxxxxxx/master,
where xxxxxxx is the level's code. If the level requires you to switch
to a branch (e.g. feat), that branch will be prefixed with the level
code (i.e. game/xxxxxxx/feat).
Each level has a README.md file that contains the clue. Start there.
If a level branch has nothing in it (not even a README), then the level is not yet finished. See the Updates section below.
Searching man pages and the Internet for Git techniques is allowed and encouraged, but resist the temptation to cheat!
That said, if you need additional hints, you can find them in the
hints directory on master. These hints are not spoilers.
Clone the repo.
Check out the next level: levelone
If you don't know how to do something, look it up! You will probably be able to find everything you need on the Git website.
Inspired by Notpron