Welcome to Open Source Contributions
🚨 VERY IMPORTANT: If you want your Pull Request to be accepted, follow these steps:
This project aims to simplify and guide the way beginners make their first contribution. If you are looking to make your first contribution, follow the steps below.
If you don't have git on your machine, install it.
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Fork this repository
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Clone the repository
Create a branch
Change to the repository directory on your computer (if you are not already there):
cd start-open-source
Now create a branch using the git switch command:
git switch -c your-new-branch-name
Make necessary changes and commit those changes
Now open Contributors.md file in a text editor, add your name to it. Don't add it at the beginning or end of the file. Put it anywhere in between. Now, save the file.
git status If you go to the project directory and execute the command git status, you'll see there are changes.
Add those changes to the branch you just created using the git add command:
git add Contributors.md Now commit those changes using the git commit command:
git add . If you have done changes in multiple files. Else use the above command.
git commit -m "Added your-name to Contributors list" replacing your-name with your name.
Push changes to GitHub
Push your changes using the command git push:
git push -u origin your-branch-name replacing your-branch-name with the name of the branch you created earlier.
Wait till your PR get reviewed by admin and then merge.