From d53c79bf396b7476490175d9b623f640592ab750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:04:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] Create config and homepages files

---
 _config.yml | 0
 index.md    | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 _config.yml
 create mode 100644 index.md

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bdb01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Welcome to my blog
+---
+

From 5cd240369209ff22d68a24618ea218c35828fae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:04:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] Update to 1 in STEP and README.md

---
 .github/steps/-step.txt |  2 +-
 README.md               | 55 +++++++++++++----------------------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/steps/-step.txt b/.github/steps/-step.txt
index 573541a..d00491f 100644
--- a/.github/steps/-step.txt
+++ b/.github/steps/-step.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0
+1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b36b58..5632cfa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,50 +14,29 @@ _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._
 </header>
 
 <!--
-  <<< Author notes: Course start >>>
-  Include start button, a note about Actions minutes,
-  and tell the learner why they should take the course.
+  <<< Author notes: Step 1 >>>
+  Choose 3-5 steps for your course.
+  The first step is always the hardest, so pick something easy!
+  Link to docs.github.com for further explanations.
+  Encourage users to open new tabs for steps!
 -->
 
-## Welcome
+## Step 1: Enable GitHub Pages
 
-With GitHub Pages, you can host project blogs, documentation, resumes, portfolios, or any other static content you'd like. Your GitHub repository can easily become its own website. In this course, we'll show you how to set up your own site or blog using GitHub Pages.
+_Welcome to GitHub Pages and Jekyll :tada:!_
 
-- **Who is this for**: Beginners, students, project maintainers, small businesses.
-- **What you'll learn**: How to build a GitHub Pages site.
-- **What you'll build**: We'll build a simple GitHub Pages site with a blog. We'll use [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com), a static site generator.
-- **Prerequisites**: If you need to learn about branches, commits, and pull requests, take [Introduction to GitHub](https://github.com/skills/introduction-to-github) first.
-- **How long**: This course takes less than one hour to complete.
+The first step is to enable GitHub Pages on this [repository](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-glossary#repository). When you enable GitHub Pages on a repository, GitHub takes the content that's on the main branch and publishes a website based on its contents.
 
-In this course, you will:
+### :keyboard: Activity: Enable GitHub Pages
 
-1. Enable GitHub Pages
-2. Configure your site
-3. Customize your home page
-4. Create a blog post
-5. Merge your pull request
-
-### How to start this course
-
-<!-- For start course, run in JavaScript:
-'https://github.com/new?' + new URLSearchParams({
-  template_owner: 'skills',
-  template_name: 'github-pages',
-  owner: '@me',
-  name: 'skills-github-pages',
-  description: 'My clone repository',
-  visibility: 'public',
-}).toString()
--->
-
-[![start-course](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1221423/235727646-4a590299-ffe5-480d-8cd5-8194ea184546.svg)](https://github.com/new?template_owner=skills&template_name=github-pages&owner=%40me&name=skills-github-pages&description=My+clone+repository&visibility=public)
-
-1. Right-click **Start course** and open the link in a new tab.
-2. In the new tab, most of the prompts will automatically fill in for you.
-   - For owner, choose your personal account or an organization to host the repository.
-   - We recommend creating a public repository, as private repositories will [use Actions minutes](https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-actions/about-billing-for-github-actions).
-   - Scroll down and click the **Create repository** button at the bottom of the form.
-3. After your new repository is created, wait about 20 seconds, then refresh the page. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the new repository's README.
+1. Open a new browser tab, and work on the steps in your second tab while you read the instructions in this tab.
+1. Under your repository name, click **Settings**.
+1. Click **Pages** in the **Code and automation** section.
+1. Ensure "Deploy from a branch" is selected from the **Source** drop-down menu, and then select `main` from the **Branch** drop-down menu.
+1. Click the **Save** button.
+1. Wait about _one minute_ then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
+   > Turning on GitHub Pages creates a deployment of your repository. GitHub Actions may take up to a minute to respond while waiting for the deployment. Future steps will be about 20 seconds; this step is slower.
+   > **Note**: In the **Pages** of **Settings**, the **Visit site** button will appear at the top. Click the button to see your GitHub Pages site.
 
 <footer>
 

From 978b90f0309e53f8947832df53c8b35e748e0c3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:06:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Update to 2 in STEP and README.md

---
 .github/steps/-step.txt |  2 +-
 README.md               | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/steps/-step.txt b/.github/steps/-step.txt
index d00491f..0cfbf08 100644
--- a/.github/steps/-step.txt
+++ b/.github/steps/-step.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1
+2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5632cfa..54f43c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,29 +14,34 @@ _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._
 </header>
 
 <!--
-  <<< Author notes: Step 1 >>>
-  Choose 3-5 steps for your course.
-  The first step is always the hardest, so pick something easy!
-  Link to docs.github.com for further explanations.
-  Encourage users to open new tabs for steps!
+  <<< Author notes: Step 2 >>>
+  Start this step by acknowledging the previous step.
+  Define terms and link to docs.github.com.
+  Historic note: previous version checked for empty pull request, changed to the correct theme `minima`.
 -->
 
-## Step 1: Enable GitHub Pages
+## Step 2: Configure your site
 
-_Welcome to GitHub Pages and Jekyll :tada:!_
+_You turned on GitHub Pages! :tada:_
 
-The first step is to enable GitHub Pages on this [repository](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-glossary#repository). When you enable GitHub Pages on a repository, GitHub takes the content that's on the main branch and publishes a website based on its contents.
+We'll work in a branch, `my-pages`, that I created for you to get this site looking great. :sparkle:
 
-### :keyboard: Activity: Enable GitHub Pages
+Jekyll uses a file titled `_config.yml` to store settings for your site, your theme, and reusable content like your site title and GitHub handle. You can check out the `_config.yml` file on the **Code** tab of your repository.
 
-1. Open a new browser tab, and work on the steps in your second tab while you read the instructions in this tab.
-1. Under your repository name, click **Settings**.
-1. Click **Pages** in the **Code and automation** section.
-1. Ensure "Deploy from a branch" is selected from the **Source** drop-down menu, and then select `main` from the **Branch** drop-down menu.
-1. Click the **Save** button.
-1. Wait about _one minute_ then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
-   > Turning on GitHub Pages creates a deployment of your repository. GitHub Actions may take up to a minute to respond while waiting for the deployment. Future steps will be about 20 seconds; this step is slower.
-   > **Note**: In the **Pages** of **Settings**, the **Visit site** button will appear at the top. Click the button to see your GitHub Pages site.
+We need to use a blog-ready theme. For this activity, we will use a theme named "minima".
+
+### :keyboard: Activity: Configure your site
+
+1. Browse to the `_config.yml` file in the `my-pages` branch.
+1. In the upper right corner, open the file editor.
+1. Add a `theme:` set to **minima** so it shows in the `_config.yml` file as below:
+   ```yml
+   theme: minima
+   ```
+1. (optional) You can modify the other configuration variables such as `title:`, `author:`, and `description:` to further customize your site.
+1. Commit your changes.
+1. (optional) Create a pull request to view all the changes you'll make throughout this course. Click the **Pull Requests** tab, click **New pull request**, set `base: main` and `compare:my-pages`.
+1. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
 
 <footer>
 

From 984f2c5c077d98bfbf831a08c4e854e763eef970 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikael Lognseth <lognseth@vanderven.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:48:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] add theme

---
 _config.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index e69de29..d313d48 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+theme: minima
+title: Mikael's musings and ramblings on DevOps, Cloud, and Software Development
+description: More than anything, this blog will serve as a place for me to document my learnings and share my thoughts on DevOps, Cloud, and Software Development.
+author: Mikael Lognseth
\ No newline at end of file

From e37f9de64c574ef08dee047ff02cc6495f90a40d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:49:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Update to 3 in STEP and README.md

---
 .github/steps/-step.txt |  2 +-
 README.md               | 28 ++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/steps/-step.txt b/.github/steps/-step.txt
index 0cfbf08..00750ed 100644
--- a/.github/steps/-step.txt
+++ b/.github/steps/-step.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2
+3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54f43c4..e661c0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,33 +14,25 @@ _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._
 </header>
 
 <!--
-  <<< Author notes: Step 2 >>>
+  <<< Author notes: Step 3 >>>
   Start this step by acknowledging the previous step.
   Define terms and link to docs.github.com.
-  Historic note: previous version checked for empty pull request, changed to the correct theme `minima`.
+  Historic note: previous version checked the homepage content was not empty.
 -->
 
-## Step 2: Configure your site
+## Step 3: Customize your homepage
 
-_You turned on GitHub Pages! :tada:_
+_Nice work setting the theme! :sparkles:_
 
-We'll work in a branch, `my-pages`, that I created for you to get this site looking great. :sparkle:
+You can customize your homepage by adding content to either an `index.md` file or the `README.md` file. GitHub Pages first looks for an `index.md` file. Your repository has an `index.md` file so we can update it to include your personalized content.
 
-Jekyll uses a file titled `_config.yml` to store settings for your site, your theme, and reusable content like your site title and GitHub handle. You can check out the `_config.yml` file on the **Code** tab of your repository.
+### :keyboard: Activity: Create your homepage
 
-We need to use a blog-ready theme. For this activity, we will use a theme named "minima".
-
-### :keyboard: Activity: Configure your site
-
-1. Browse to the `_config.yml` file in the `my-pages` branch.
+1. Browse to the `index.md` file in the `my-pages` branch.
 1. In the upper right corner, open the file editor.
-1. Add a `theme:` set to **minima** so it shows in the `_config.yml` file as below:
-   ```yml
-   theme: minima
-   ```
-1. (optional) You can modify the other configuration variables such as `title:`, `author:`, and `description:` to further customize your site.
-1. Commit your changes.
-1. (optional) Create a pull request to view all the changes you'll make throughout this course. Click the **Pull Requests** tab, click **New pull request**, set `base: main` and `compare:my-pages`.
+1. Type the content you want on your homepage. You can use Markdown formatting on this page.
+1. (optional) You can also modify `title:` or just ignore it for now. We'll discuss it in the next step.
+1. Commit your changes to the `my-pages` branch.
 1. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
 
 <footer>

From 6e1c12838ec9ae5b38dbaede93973cd86c540545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikael Lognseth <lognseth@vanderven.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:51:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] update home page

---
 index.md | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 6bdb01a..a119890 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
-title: Welcome to my blog
----
+title: mikael.cloud
+
+This blog will mainly focus on my work in the cloud realm, and specifically Azure. 
 
+I currently work a job where my focus areas are very Microsoft-centric, and I want to use this space to share interesting solutions to weird problems that I come across.
+---

From 5d9561a3734c919d271aa02b5bdab6538c70bbb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 09:52:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 7/9] Update to 4 in STEP and README.md

---
 .github/steps/-step.txt |  2 +-
 README.md               | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/steps/-step.txt b/.github/steps/-step.txt
index 00750ed..b8626c4 100644
--- a/.github/steps/-step.txt
+++ b/.github/steps/-step.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3
+4
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e661c0b..a822ee8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,25 +14,48 @@ _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._
 </header>
 
 <!--
-  <<< Author notes: Step 3 >>>
+  <<< Author notes: Step 4 >>>
   Start this step by acknowledging the previous step.
   Define terms and link to docs.github.com.
-  Historic note: previous version checked the homepage content was not empty.
+  Historic note: previous version checked the file path. Previous version checked the front matter formatting.
 -->
 
-## Step 3: Customize your homepage
+## Step 4: Create a blog post
 
-_Nice work setting the theme! :sparkles:_
+_Your home page is looking great! :cowboy_hat_face:_
 
-You can customize your homepage by adding content to either an `index.md` file or the `README.md` file. GitHub Pages first looks for an `index.md` file. Your repository has an `index.md` file so we can update it to include your personalized content.
+GitHub Pages uses Jekyll. In Jekyll, we can create a blog by using specially named files and frontmatter. The files must be named `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`. You must also include `title` and `date` in your frontmatter.
 
-### :keyboard: Activity: Create your homepage
+**What is _frontmatter_?**: The syntax Jekyll files use is called YAML frontmatter. It goes at the top of your file and looks something like this:
 
-1. Browse to the `index.md` file in the `my-pages` branch.
-1. In the upper right corner, open the file editor.
-1. Type the content you want on your homepage. You can use Markdown formatting on this page.
-1. (optional) You can also modify `title:` or just ignore it for now. We'll discuss it in the next step.
-1. Commit your changes to the `my-pages` branch.
+```yml
+---
+title: "Welcome to my blog"
+date: 2019-01-20
+---
+```
+
+For more information about configuring front matter, see the [Jekyll frontmatter documentation](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/).
+
+### :keyboard: Activity: Create a blog post
+
+1. Browse to the `my-pages` branch.
+1. Click the `Add file` dropdown menu and then on `Create new file`.
+1. Name the file `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`.
+1. Replace the `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date, and change the `title` of your first blog post if you'd like.
+   > If you do edit the title, make sure there are hyphens between your words.
+   > If your blog post date doesn't follow the correct date convention, you'll receive an error and your site won't build. For more information, see "[Page build failed: Invalid post date](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/troubleshooting-jekyll-build-errors-for-github-pages-sites)".
+1. Type the following content at the top of your blog post:
+   ```yaml
+   ---
+   title: "YOUR-TITLE"
+   date: YYYY-MM-DD
+   ---
+   ```
+1. Replace `YOUR-TITLE` with the title for your blog post.
+1. Replace `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date.
+1. Type a quick draft of your blog post. Remember, you can always edit it later.
+1. Commit your changes to your branch.
 1. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
 
 <footer>

From 5034197e712756db3498807652725933f390adc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikael Lognseth <lognseth@vanderven.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:06:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] add first post

---
 _posts/2023-06-28.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 _posts/2023-06-28.md

diff --git a/_posts/2023-06-28.md b/_posts/2023-06-28.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee5ff87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_posts/2023-06-28.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+title: "First post"
+date: 2023-06-28
+---
+
+## Argo CD multi-source applications
+
+Some blog post goes here.

From 4b2eccb85a2208382e851c6dfa6f8281c38d1dce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: github-actions <github-actions@github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:07:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] Update to 5 in STEP and README.md

---
 .github/steps/-step.txt |  2 +-
 README.md               | 41 +++++++----------------------------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/steps/-step.txt b/.github/steps/-step.txt
index b8626c4..7ed6ff8 100644
--- a/.github/steps/-step.txt
+++ b/.github/steps/-step.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+5
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a822ee8..c584fbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,48 +14,21 @@ _Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages._
 </header>
 
 <!--
-  <<< Author notes: Step 4 >>>
+  <<< Author notes: Step 5 >>>
   Start this step by acknowledging the previous step.
   Define terms and link to docs.github.com.
-  Historic note: previous version checked the file path. Previous version checked the front matter formatting.
 -->
 
-## Step 4: Create a blog post
+## Step 5: Merge your pull request
 
-_Your home page is looking great! :cowboy_hat_face:_
+_Nice work, friend :heart:! People will be reading your blog in no time!_
 
-GitHub Pages uses Jekyll. In Jekyll, we can create a blog by using specially named files and frontmatter. The files must be named `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`. You must also include `title` and `date` in your frontmatter.
+You can now [merge](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/github-glossary#merge) your pull request!
 
-**What is _frontmatter_?**: The syntax Jekyll files use is called YAML frontmatter. It goes at the top of your file and looks something like this:
+### :keyboard: Activity: Merge your changes
 
-```yml
----
-title: "Welcome to my blog"
-date: 2019-01-20
----
-```
-
-For more information about configuring front matter, see the [Jekyll frontmatter documentation](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/).
-
-### :keyboard: Activity: Create a blog post
-
-1. Browse to the `my-pages` branch.
-1. Click the `Add file` dropdown menu and then on `Create new file`.
-1. Name the file `_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-title.md`.
-1. Replace the `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date, and change the `title` of your first blog post if you'd like.
-   > If you do edit the title, make sure there are hyphens between your words.
-   > If your blog post date doesn't follow the correct date convention, you'll receive an error and your site won't build. For more information, see "[Page build failed: Invalid post date](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/troubleshooting-jekyll-build-errors-for-github-pages-sites)".
-1. Type the following content at the top of your blog post:
-   ```yaml
-   ---
-   title: "YOUR-TITLE"
-   date: YYYY-MM-DD
-   ---
-   ```
-1. Replace `YOUR-TITLE` with the title for your blog post.
-1. Replace `YYYY-MM-DD` with today's date.
-1. Type a quick draft of your blog post. Remember, you can always edit it later.
-1. Commit your changes to your branch.
+1. Merge your changes from `my-pages` into `main`. If you created the pull request in step 2, just open that PR and click on **Merge pull request**. If you did not create the pull request earlier, you can do it now by following the instructions in step 2.
+1. (optional) Delete the branch `my-pages`.
 1. Wait about 20 seconds then refresh this page (the one you're following instructions from). [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) will automatically update to the next step.
 
 <footer>