Repo for you to raise a Pull Request for practice.
Just add your name to the alphabetical list and optionally, a link to your GitHub account
- Fork the project
- Make any changes in your forked repo
- On this repo, click
Pull Requests
and raise aPull Request
selecting your fork on the right drop down
Questions can be asked by raising an Issue
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click on the clone button (green in colour). This gives you a copy of the project. Its now yours to play around with
- Using git on your local machine. Do this to download the forked copy of this repo to your computer
git clone https://github.com/your-github-username/your-first-pr.git
- switch to the cloned folder. This can be done with Gitbash or the integrated terminal in the VSCode editor
cd your-first-pr
- Make a new branch. Your name would make a good branch because it's unique
git checkout -b <name of new branch>
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Navigate to the
contributors
directory and create a file named after your GitHub username. -
Follow this template while entering your details
## <!-- Your Name -->
## <!-- Bio -->
<!-- A bit about yourself -->
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See this example
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Stage your changes
git add README.md
- Commit the changes
git commit -m "Initial commit"
- Check the status of your repository
git status
- Pushing your repository to github
git push origin <name of your branch>
- Pulling your request. Click on the Pull requests tab on the forked github repository. Note : A pull request allows your changes to be merged with the original project.
click on pull request
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Wait for your changes to be merged
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Hurray! You successfully made a contribution