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Fork the repository
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Clone your forked version of the repo. It will have your username in the place of
<YOUR_USERNAME>.git clone https://github.com/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Berea-Open-Source-Day.git
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Change path to the project folder
cd Berea-Open-Source-Day
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Create a new branch
git checkout -b <BRANCH_NAME>- Example:
git checkout -b adding-name
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Open up the
contributors.mdfile and write your name. -
To see the change you just made, run the following command
git status
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Add your changes
- To add the changes files separately, you do
git add <FILE_NAME>
- To add all the changed files, you can do
git add *
- To add the changes files separately, you do
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Commit your changes
git commit -m "<COMMIT_MESSAGE>"- Example
git commit -m "added my name to the contributors file"
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Push your changes
git push origin <BRANCH-NAME>- Example (Note this is the branch we created in step 4):
git push origin adding-name
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Go to your repository on Github and refresh it. You will see a “Compare and pull request” button. Click on that button to start making your pull request.