/hacktoberfest-practice

Repo for you to raise a Pull Request for practice

MIT LicenseMIT

This repo is not included in the Hacktoberfest event, as it is for practice only

We have other repositories in the organisation you can contribute to. If you would like to join our GitHub organisation, raise an issue on this repo EddieHubCommunity-Support

Hacktoberfest

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Contributor Covenant

Hacktoberfest Practice Pull Requests

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

How to contribute

  1. Fork the project
  2. Make any changes in your forked repo
  3. On this repo, click Pull Requests and raise a Pull Request selecting your fork on the right drop down

Questions can be asked by raising an Issue.

How to clone repo and make changes locally

  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/yourGithubUsername/hacktoberfest-practice.git
  • switch to the cloned folder. This can be done with Gitbash or the integrated terminal in the VSCode editor
  cd hacktoberfest-practice
  • Make a new branch. Your name would make a good branch because it's unique
  git checkout -b <name of new branch>

  • Open the file README.md

  • On a new line in alphabetical order, add your name and the link to your Github profile in markdown format

  • For example , - [Full Name](https://github.com/your-username)

  • Stage your changes

  git add README.md
  • Commit the changes
  git commit -m "Add <your-github-username>"
  • Check the status of your repository
  git status
  • Pushing your repository to github
  git push origin <name of your branch>

or

  git branch -M main
  git push -u origin main

  • Navigate to your fork, on the top of the files section you'll notice a new section containing, a contribute button!

  • Click on the contribute button, it will open a drop down, click the pull request button on the drop down Note: A pull request allows your changes to be merged with the original project.

  • Wait for your changes to be merged

Hurray! You successfully made a contribution!

What if I have a Conflict?

A GitHub conflict is when people make changes to the same area or line in a file. This must be fixed before it is merged in order to prevent collision in the main branch.

Hacktoberfest community

Please add your name to the section that is headed with your first initial. Then, add your name in alphabetical order of the second letter in your name. If the second letters are the same, order it in alphabetical order of the third, and so on.