In this lesson, we are going to talk about the examples of the m file and the data folder we have provided
in the GitHub repository.
So in order for you to understand better how to write your own environment, file the dot m file where
you are going to keep your secret credentials to connect with external APIs like OpenAI and and others,
we have provided a sample of the dot m file we have been using during this exercises.
A this dot m file that you will find in the GitHub repository is of course a empty.
It only has, you know, the the names of the credentials, but it it do not have the keys.
But it's just for you to understand the format that you will have to use to create your own dot m file.
Remember, this file is going to store your secret credentials so you do not have to load it into the
cloud.
Whenever you load, you know your your files to to GitHub or any other, uh, any other, uh, storage
in the cloud.
And in order to avoid doing that, whenever you, you, you are exposed to these kind of situations,
you you can protect this file with strategies like for example the git ignore file.
So when you are in that situation just go to ChatGPT for and ask uh how to protect your dot and file
using dot git ignore and you will see a very easy way to do.
But it's very important for you to protect this file, because if this file is published in the cloud,
other people can use your keys.
And in the case of OpenAI, it can cause you money.
A so it's important for you to keep this, uh, file, uh, protected.
And remember that the dot m file must be in the root folder of your application, or the root folder
of your A.
Of your notebooks.
About the data folder.
We have used the data folder in some of our exercises in order to a store some documents that we have
been using in the exercises, so we provide the data folder with the sample docs we have used in the
exercises for you to to to have it and be able to use it when you practice the exercises, if you want,
remember that you can change the the sample docs and it will be good for you to change the sample docs
so you can experiment and try new things.
And remember also that the data folder must also be in the root directory.
Remember that even in the GitHub repository, you are going to find the env sample file inside of the
data folder.
The real m file dot m file should be out of the data folder, so both the dot m file and the data a
folder will be in the root directory okay.
So just keep that in mind.
So in this lesson we have been talking about the dot m file and the data folder you are going to find
in the GitHub repository.
These are just examples of the files and folders that you, uh, should use when you practice with the
exercises.