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+# github-chapter-2-sandbox 🚀
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+My sandbox repo for practicing Git and GitHub, forked from Codédex's Chapter 2 course. 🐙
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+## Progress Log 📅
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+- **2026-07-23** — Learned how to fork, clone, branch, merge, and push changes. Practicing pull requests next! ✅✨🎉