How to contribute to a project on Github

Contributing.md

This text now lives at https://github.com/MarcDiethelm/contributing/blob/master/README.md. I turned it into a Github repo so you can, you know, contribute to it by making pull requests.

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Contributing

If you want to contribute to a project and make it better, your help is very welcome. Contributing is also a great way to learn more about social coding on Github, new technologies and and their ecosystems and how to make constructive, helpful bug reports, feature requests and the noblest of all contributions: a good, clean pull request.

How to make a clean pull request

Look for a project's contribution instructions. If there are any, follow them.

• Create a personal fork of the project on Github.
• Clone the fork on your local machine. Your remote repo on Github is called origin.
• Add the original repository as a remote called upstream.
• If you created your fork a while ago be sure to pull upstream changes into your local repository.
• Create a new branch to work on! Branch from develop if it exists, else from master.
• Implement/fix your feature, comment your code.
• Follow the code style of the project, including indentation.
• If the project has tests run them!
• Write or adapt tests as needed.
• Add or change the documentation as needed.
• Squash your commits into a single commit with git's interactive rebase. Create a new branch if necessary.
• Push your branch to your fork on Github, the remote origin.
• From your fork open a pull request in the correct branch. Target the project's develop branch if there is one, else go for master!
• ...
• Once the pull request is approved and merged you can pull the changes from upstream to your local repo and delete your extra branch(es).

And last but not least: Always write your commit messages in the present tense. Your commit message should describe what the commit, when applied, does to the code – not what you did to the code.

I don't want to use since I do not want to use git techniques or github. Is there any way I could contribute without commands?

I don't want to use since I do not want to use git techniques or github. Is there any way I could contribute without commands?

I don't think that's advisable but I guess there must be GUI git tools

thanks for this

Good instructions. Thanks.

Very Helpful. Thanks

Thanks!

I connected, but I don't know how to control it. When I write "open (numbers)" up, it says "Invalid Selection."

would be great if you add an example for every step

1. fork the repo you want to contribute to

2. clone the forked repo
   git clone github/your-user/liked-to-forked-repo

3. open terminal into repo directory in your local machine
   cd repoName

4. check you remote origin
   git remote -v

5. add your forked repo as origin and add the original repository link as upstream

git remote add origin url-to-forked-repo

git remote add upstream url-to-original-repo.

and check the two remotes again with git remote -v

5. Create a new branch
   git checkout -b BRANCH_NAME

6. commit and push to your branch
   git push origin BRANCH_NAME

7. go to forked repo to and you will see pull requests button click on it to begin pull to the original repo

8. Create the pull request
   lastly , go to the original repo and complete pull request

Thanks you so much..