- Fork the repo
- Clone the repo
- click the Clone/Code button
- then copy the repo url or download the zip folder
- if you copied the repo url
- open your command line or git bash or whatever you have
- Use
git clone (the url you copied)command - use
cd (the name of the folder you cloned) - then create your own branch with
git checkout -b (name of your branch) - then you can add your own changes in the file
- after making your contribution
- use
git add .to stage your changes - then
git commit -m "(your commit msg here)"the steps of a commit msg will be mark down below - then
git checkout master git push origin (the name of the branch you want to merge)- Go to the repo on Github(the one your forked) and click new pull request button
- create a pull request and leave a comment
- then wait for your pull request to be accepted
- if after this you still do understand how to collaborate on github, then watch this video collaborating on Github
- although
git commit -m "message here"is not advisable, we will use it for the sake of speed and the bias that its a small project - in your msg answer this questions
- Why is your change necessary
- how does it address the issue
- What side effect does your change have
you changes might not always be inline with the above just make sure you add a good commit message
an example of a commit msg
git commit -m "make button red for accessiblity of people with poor sight"