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Thanks for the kind words and the nod, but I can assure you that there's still no shortages of excuses for late homework. Since this is HN, I'll share one thin

Thanks for the kind words and the nod, but I can assure you that there's still no shortages of excuses for late homework. Since this is HN, I'll share one thing that works: force your students to use git (or some version control) for assignments. Having an auditable history of effort makes it hard to lie. Except when it turns "the dog ate my homework" into "git rebase ate my homework."

ph0rque 12y ago
"My dog forked my homework."
nitrogen 12y ago
There's still the reflog for that excuse (e.g. .git/logs/refs/heads/master).
- cookiecaper 12y ago
  Only sometimes. There are several actions that may purge items from and/or completely clear the reflog.