fork-me

Practice forking a repo and making a pull request

Instructions

1. Fork

For this repo by clicking the fork button at the top of the screen.

2. Clone

Clone your fork of the repo to your local machine.

Copy and paste the Git URL in the sidebar.

In the terminal, type git clone, followed by the git URL you copy and pasted.

git clone git@github.com:YOURGITHUBUSERNAME/fork-me.git

3. Make a change

Add a file in the /contributors/ directory named either you_name.md or your_name.txt and add something about yourself.

steve_zissou.md

I am an oceanographer, documentarian, and newfound father aboard the ship Belafonte. I am currently at work filming a documentary about the elusive Jaguar Shark. My other intersts include jump suits, track sneakers, and knit caps.

4. Commit

Commit your changes and push them to GitHub.

git add .
git commit -m "adding my name to the contributors"
git push

5. Initiate a pull request

Back to GitHub.com, visit your fork of the repo (https://github.com/YOURUSERSNAME/fork-me), click the "Pull Request" button.

Now, click the "Create Pull Request" button.

6. Describe your pull request

Add a title to your pull request and a brief description of the change and click the "Create Pull Request" button.

That's it! Your changes are now waiting to be added to the codebase.