Let's get ready to contribute!
Contributions are welcome and appreciated!
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Fork this repository: Click on "Fork" and choose a suitable GitHub account for the fork eg. your personal Github account.
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Clone your own project fork into your development machine and cd into that directory.
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Create a new branch in the project for the specific fixes that you want to contribute (name it after either a bugfix, a tracker issue, a documentation section, etc) and switch to it.
$ git checkout -b <branch name>This automatically creates the branch and switches to it.
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Use your favourite editor to make changes to the files in your local repository. Any changes you make will only affect the branch you have created.
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Add the changes to the staging area and then commit changes to the branch.
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Push your changes to your forked repository
$ git push origin <branch name>This pushes your changes to the <branch name> branch of the "origin" (which is your fork on GitHub).
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From the GitHub forked Repository open a pull request by click "Pull Requests"->"New Pull Request"
- Find Git CheatSheet and a good commit message resources under Git folder.
- Commit messages are a key part of your project history, so it's always a good practice to write descriptive commit message.
- Also, there is GitKraken CheatSheet for your reference.