Want to get started with open source? Don't worry we have got you covered. Contribute to this repository to begin your open source journey from this Repository. If you have never contributed to any repository on GitHub, then contribute here in just simple steps. Try it will be Fun!!
- git config --global user.name "John_Doe"
- git config --global user.email "john@example.com"
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Take a look at the existing Issues or create a new issue!
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Fork the Repo, create a branch for any issue that you are working on and commit your work.
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Create a Pull Request (PR), which will be promptly reviewed and given suggestions for improvements by the community.
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Add screenshots or screen captures to your Pull Request to help us understand the effects of the changes that are included in your commits.
1. Start by making a fork the Contribute-To-This-Project-First repository. Click on the symbol at the top right corner.
2. Click on the green Code
button on your forked Repository, then either the HTTPS or SSH option and, click the icon to copy the URL. Now you have a copy of the project. Thus, you can play around with it locally on your computer.
3. Run the following commands into a terminal window (Command Prompt, Powershell, Terminal, Bash, ZSH). Do this to download the forked copy of this repository to your computer.
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/Contribute-To-This-Project-First.git
4. Switch to the cloned folder. You can paste this command into the same terminal window.
cd Contribute-To-This-Project-First
5. Set upstream command:
git remote add upstream https://github.com/Susmita-Dey/Contribute-To-This-Project-First.git
6. Make a new branch. Your username would make a good branch because it's unique.
git checkout -b <name-of-new-branch>
7. Sync your fork or local repository with the origin repository:
- In your forked repository click on "Fetch upstream"
- Click "Fetch and merge".
git fetch upstream
git merge upstream/main
Github Docs for Syncing
8. Create a file named your-username.yml
in the directory public/data
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Your brand new file should look something similar to this one:
name: Martin Developers
bio: Software Developer
skills:
- python
- perl
- pascal
location: India
interest: Web Development
For clarity, see this file
9. Stage your changes.
git add .
10. Commit the changes.
git commit -m "Add <your-github-username>"
11. Check the status of your repository.
git status
12. The response should be like this:
On branch <name-of-your-branch>
nothing to commit, working tree clean
13. Pushing your repository to GitHub.
git push origin <name-of-your-branch>
or
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
14. Create a Pull Request!
15. Congratulations! You've made your first contribution! 🙌🏼
Alternatively, skip all the steps above by using
Contribute-To-This-Project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE
file for details.
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