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Desert Island VCS Par 5 Question 79 intermediate Sheet 1750822302
Select This Deep Breath An engineer stranded on a desert island must maintain version control using coconuts and sand drawings. Commits are carved into tree bark with fire-sharpened sticks while tide schedules affect merge conflicts. The remote repository is a message-in-a-bottle system with extremely unreliable delivery that depends on favorable trade winds and curious dolphins. Your task: Maintain Git history with bark commits, branch into palm fronds, and submit PRs via bottles that may or may not reach civilization before you grow a Cast Away beard.
Why You're Doing This This tests version control concepts, data persistence under extreme constraints, and implementing familiar systems with unusual storage media. You're adapting digital concepts to physical reality while maintaining the core functionality of distributed development.
Take the W ✓ Implements version control using primitive materials ✓ Handles natural disasters affecting code storage ✓ Maintains data integrity despite environmental challenges Hard L ✗ Loses code changes to environmental hazards ✗ Fails to implement basic version control concepts ✗ Ignores natural constraints on storage media Edge Cases ⚠ Tropical storms destroying all local storage simultaneously ⚠ Coconut crabs stealing carved commits for nest building ⚠ High tide schedules conflicting with development deadlines
Input Format:
Code changes with available island materials and environmental conditions Expected Output:
Island version control strategy with natural disaster contingencies Example:
Water filter optimization, 5 coconuts available, high tide tonight, storm approaching → Carve hash into 2 coconuts, bark backup detailed changes, bury above storm surge line, bottle message ready for post-storm launch Input Format:
Island version control system with primitive storage backend Expected Output:
Natural material Git implementation with environmental hazard handling Example:
{"changes": "water_filter_v2", "materials": ["coconuts:5", "bark:available"], "environment": "storm_incoming"} → {"storage": "triple_redundancy", "backup": "bark_detailed", "protection": "buried_above_surge", "bottle": "prepared"} Input Format:
storage_materials_available, environmental_threat_level, data_criticality_score Expected Output:
storage_redundancy_factor, survival_probability_calculation Example:
materials=5_coconuts_3_bark, threat=0.8, criticality=0.9 → redundancy=triple_backup, survival_probability=0.75 Input Format:
Information storage density, material durability, environmental stress factors Expected Output:
Data persistence optimization under island physics constraints Example:
density_limited_by_carving, durability_coconut_shell, stress_tropical → persistence_optimized_for_island_conditions Input Format:
Natural preservation catalyst + environmental degradation resistance Expected Output:
Data persistence products with tropical climate adaptation Example:
coconut_shell + saltwater_exposure → carved_hash_preservation + moisture_resistance → Tropical chemistry preserves carved data through natural material selection Hints
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