From 375b1569c33c0169426846454579ced17b1fee78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ritvi12 <ritvi0205@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 21:20:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added checkout commits

---
 hands_on/checkout_commits.py | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 hands_on/checkout_commits.py

diff --git a/hands_on/checkout_commits.py b/hands_on/checkout_commits.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97ac8bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hands_on/checkout_commits.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import os
+
+from exercise_utils.cli import run_command
+from exercise_utils.gitmastery import create_start_tag
+from exercise_utils.git import init, add, commit, tag
+from pathlib import Path
+
+__requires_git__ = True
+__requires_github__ = False
+
+def download(verbose: bool):
+    """
+    hp-checkout-commits (T4L4)
+    - Creates a local repo 'things' with multiple commits and tags.
+    - Students can practice checking out commits by hash, tag, or HEAD~N references.
+    """
+    
+    target_dir = Path("things")
+
+    # Clean existing sandbox if re-downloading
+    if target_dir.exists():
+        import shutil
+        shutil.rmtree(target_dir)
+
+    # Create sandbox folder
+    target_dir.mkdir()
+    os.chdir(target_dir)
+
+    # Initialize git repo
+    init(verbose)
+
+    # Step 1: Add fruits.txt (first commit)
+    with open("fruits.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write("apples\nbananas\ncherries\ndragon fruits\n")
+    add(["fruits.txt"], verbose)
+    commit("Add fruits.txt", verbose)
+
+    # Step 2: Update fruits.txt and commit
+    with open("fruits.txt", "a") as f:
+        f.write("elderberries\nfigs\n")
+    add(["fruits.txt"], verbose)
+    commit("Add elderberries and figs into fruits.txt", verbose)
+
+    # Step 3: Create colours.txt and shapes.txt, commit, tag 0.9
+    with open("colours.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write("a file for colours\n")
+    with open("shapes.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write("a file for shapes\n")
+    add(["colours.txt", "shapes.txt"], verbose)
+    commit("Add colours.txt, shapes.txt", verbose)
+    tag("0.9", verbose)
+
+    # Step 4: Update fruits.txt again
+    with open("fruits.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write("apples, apricots\nbananas\nblueberries\ncherries\ndragon fruits\nfigs\n")
+    add(["fruits.txt"], verbose)
+    commit("Update fruits list", verbose)
+
+    # Step 5: Update colours.txt and commit, tag 1.0
+    with open("colours.txt", "a") as f:
+        f.write("blue\nred\nwhite\n")
+    add(["colours.txt"], verbose) 
+    commit("colours.txt: Add some colours", verbose)
+    tag("1.0", verbose)
+
+    # Step 6: Update shapes.txt and commit
+    with open("shapes.txt", "a") as f:
+        f.write("circle\noval\nrectangle\nsquare\n")
+    add(["shapes.txt"], verbose) 
+    commit("shapes.txt: Add some shapes", verbose)